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by Joseph Hone
Five years ago a disillusioned Joseph Hone resigned from his Job at the UN in New York. Last autumn he returned to the US, expecting depression about events in Vietnam, the crime rate. racialism; but he was surprised to find a buoyant, optimistic mood.
'We realise we're in a mess, but while Europeans are basking in self-indulgent admiration of their history and achievements we're trying to solve our problems, in particular the problem of our "quality of life ".'
Producer ALAN BURGESS

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