Sam Ervin and Watergate

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Watergate - Nixon's admirers in the Kremlin, and how the tenacious lawyer Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina challenged Nixon.

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Sat 19 May 197321:00

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Sat 19 May 197321:00
BBC Radio 4

From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
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