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Smiley Ratliff's escape bid, 1984
British government foils attempt by US millionaire Smiley Ratliff to buy his own Pacific island. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over...
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Smiley Ratliff's escape bid, 1984 is an episode from Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered by BBC. British government foils attempt by US millionaire Smiley Ratliff to buy his own Pacific i...
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Published Mar 9, 1984, 14:53 long, audio available.
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British government foils attempt by US millionaire Smiley Ratliff to buy his own Pacific island. 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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Smiley Ratliff's escape bid, 1984 is an episode from Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered by BBC.
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This episode was published on Mar 9, 1984.
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Smiley Ratliff's escape bid, 1984 is from Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered by BBC.
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Published Mar 9, 1984 and 14:53 long