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Carter at the opera

Jimmy Carter first sitting president to attend Met opera - for a party fund-raiser.

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 BBC in 2014.

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Sun 10 Dec 197809:15
BBC Radio 4

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PresenterAlistair Cooke

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  • Fri 8 Dec 197821:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 10 Dec 197809:15
    BBC Radio 4

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