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Radio 4,05 Feb 1972,15 mins

American reactions to Bloody Sunday, 1972

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Available for over a year

American reaction to claims of British brutality in Northern Ireland, and an early glimpse into the Kennedy clan.

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