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The Canadian Caper in Tehran, 1979
America shows gratitude to Canada after it was revealed that the Canadian embassy in Tehran rescued six US diplomats during the seizure of the US embassy on 4th November 1979.
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Fri 8 Feb 1980
21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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