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Radio 4,22 Oct 1999,15 mins

Wishful Thinking Overload

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Alistair Cooke compares the Boston Massacre with the rejection of a nuclear treaty, and explains how a good treaty can still be defeated by a few short-sighted people.

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