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India's first nuclear tests
India's 1998 nuclear tests take the US government by surprise and Alistair Cooke considers the vast changes in the daily burdens of the presidency since the 1920s.
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Fri 15 May 1998
21:00
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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- Fri 15 May 1998 21:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
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