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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

The state of sport in America is assessed by Alistair Cooke as the 1994 World Cup commences. And he commemorates the final allied troops leaving Berlin.

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Fri 24 Jun 199421:00

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Fri 24 Jun 199421:00
BBC Radio 4

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