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Keeping secrets

Despite the 'public knowledge' promised by the constitution, there are times when keeping decisions secret is the best policy.

Despite the 'public knowledge' promised by the constitution, there are times when keeping decisions secret is the best policy.

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 31 Aug 198609:15
BBC Radio 4

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PresenterAlistair Cooke

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  • Fri 29 Aug 198621:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 31 Aug 198609:15
    BBC Radio 4

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