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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Colonel William R Higgins

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

Fri 4^th Aug 1989, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The capture and murder of Colonel William R Higgins by terrorists in Lebanon in August 1989, the response of President Bush and the danger of televising the grief of the family.

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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