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17/01/2007
Jeremy Paxman presents items on the Iranian revolutionary organisation MKO, and an interview with Olive Margerison, secretary to Sir Winston Churchill during World War II. (2007)
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Wed 17 Jan 2007
22:30
±«Óãtv Two except East & Yorkshire
Did You Know?
Olive Christopher worked for two years in the underground Cabinet War Rooms, one of only eight civilian secretaries employed there. Their salaries ranged between 75 pence and two pounds, 10 shillings per week and they had access to the highest levels of secret information, including the date for D-Day and the movements of British troops.
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Remembering Winston Churchill Collection
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