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Radio 4,1 min

"Promising though William Hague is..."

UK Confidential

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In a letter to Margaret Thatcher in 1983, the Treasury asks for approval for the appointment of a new special adviser: 21-year-old William Hague. Only just released to the public after thirty years, the letter shows the Prime Minister was not at all keen.

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