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Hijackers demand release of Israeli prisoners in exchange for passenger hostages from TWA plane.

Hijackers demand release of Israeli prisoners in exchange for passenger hostages from TWA plane. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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14 minutes

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Sun 23 Jun 198509:15

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RoleContributor
PresenterAlistair Cooke

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Jun 198521:15
  • Sun 23 Jun 198509:15

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