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500th letter
Alistair Cooke remembers Lindsay Wellington, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ head who came up with the idea of weekly letters to help people in the UK understand American life in 1946.
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Sun 8 Sep 1957
21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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- Sun 8 Sep 1957 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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