Radio: Letter From London, BBC World, 2 March 1979

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170011] RADIOAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017001100022Scope and ContentContains: Correspondence, hand annotated typescripts, photocopy of published article and typescript of briefing paper published by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants titled "Immigration Procedures" [26p.]. Contents relate to two audio recordings of Greer that were intended to be broadcast on radio programme "Letters From London". One piece was on the topic "rubbish" and the other on "gynaecological examinations on immigrant women", regarding reports of internal examinations of new migrants being carried out at British airports. Correspondents: Jenny Hargreaves, Germaine Greer, and Ammu Joseph. First piece begins: "It was one of those luminous Autumn days…" Second piece begins: "The most preposterous tale has com [sic] to my ears..." The piece on gynaecological examinations was not aired on the programme. Subjects: Letter From London; Eve's weekly; Guardian Newspaper; Garbage; Garbage men; Calcutta; Naples; Bombay; Vietnam; Recycling; Rubbish; Gynaecological examinations; Airports; Immigration; Strip search; Sexual assault; London Airport; Virginity test; Ammu Joseph; Eve's weekly; CensorshipAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0011 Unit 0001

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date18 February 1979-12 March 1979

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Previous System ID2017.0011.00022

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Radio: Letter From London, BBC World, 2 March 1979