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The Lure of the Desert
Lieut.-General Sir John Glubb
(Glubb Pasha)
Colonel David Stirling of the Long Range Desert Patrol, who founded and commanded the Special Air Service
Colonel Laurens Van der Post author and traveller. who recently returned from the Kalahari Desert
Chairman.
Brigadier Bernard Fergusson
It is a strange fact that an island people such as the British should feel so powerfully attracted to the great deserts of the world and the peoples which inhabit them. AH the speakers in this programme have travelled long distances in the desert, living and working with Arab and African peoples.

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Sir John Glubb
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Colonel David Stirling
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Colonel Laurens van Der Post
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Kalahari Desert
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Bernard Fergusson

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