[Computer printout letter dated 26 May 1993, addressed to Helen Bettinson and Jonathan Dimbleby, the producer and presenter of the BBC's "Timewatch" programme]

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"Right to Reply, Channel 4 TV, Saturday, 13 August 1994" (9 leaves)

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Accompanied by the following (also computer printouts): -

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"BBC Radio 2 - 13 Feb. 1995: the Jimmy Young radio programme" (6 leaves)

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"Unfair to blame 'Bomber Harris' for destructive raid: (courtesy of the East Anglian Daily Times, 13 February 1995" (3 leaves)

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" 'History becomes an editorial' by Lord Deedes: (from "The Daily Telegraph", London, 15th August 1994)" (3 leaves)

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" 'Dulce et Decorum': from the Summer 1994 issue of 'This England' magazine" (4 leaves)

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: HAWKINS, I.L. (Author)
[The author] (Publisher)
Production date: 1993
Place made: Stowmarket, Suffolk
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 29cm., Pagination: 6 leaves
Catalogue number: LBY K. 95 / 2046

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