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Radio 4,18 Aug 1989,15 mins

Colin Powell and "Mickey" Leland

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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A profile of Colin Powell, the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs appointed in 1989, and George Thomas "Mickey" Leland, the Congressman who worked to eradicate World hunger.

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