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Senator Jesse Helms ponders whether to take the foreign affairs chair, or continue to rally support for the tobacco growers.

Senator Jesse Helms ponders whether to take the foreign affairs chair, or continue to rally support for the tobacco growers. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.

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

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Sun 18 Nov 1984 09:15

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Role Contributor
Presenter Alistair Cooke

Broadcasts

  • Fri 16 Nov 1984 21:15
  • Sun 18 Nov 1984 09:15

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