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CORRESPONDENCE British Bitterness In defending Charles Lindbergh against attacks that were never made on him, John Chamberlain (May 1977) misunderstands the bitterness so many...
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...Of his endeavor to help the Jews I am ready to be convinced (though one certainly saw no fruits of i 0 But in view of what happened at Pearl Harbor and in the Philipines, I always thought it odd that Charles Lindbergh should have railed at Britain's unpreparedness...
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...C O R R E S P O N D E N C E British Bitterness In defending Charles Lindbergh against attacks that were never made on him, John Chamberlain (May 1977) misunderstands the bitterness so many British feel...
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