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Radio 4,06 Jul 1979,14 mins

Carter silent on oil crisis

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Lost for words? President Carter cancels planned nationwide TV speech on oil crisis. 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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