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Need for oil wipes out any backing for US response to Khomeini's takeover of Iran.

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 16 Dec 197909:15
BBC Radio 4

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PresenterAlistair Cooke

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  • Fri 14 Dec 197921:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 16 Dec 197909:15
    BBC Radio 4

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