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American embassy hostages stalemate

Diplomacy rendered impotent by success of Iran's terrorist seizure of US hostages.

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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in 2014.

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14 minutes

Last on

Sun 25 Nov 1979 09:15

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Role Contributor
Presenter Alistair Cooke

Broadcasts

  • Fri 23 Nov 1979 21:15
  • Sun 25 Nov 1979 09:15

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