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Mortgaged to the Yanks
Sir Christopher Meyer, former ambassador to Washington, tells the story of how Britain came to be mortgaged to the Americans during WW2, a debt only paid off at the end of 2006.
At midnight on 31st December 2006, Britain finally paid off the last tranche of its multi-billion dollar debt to the Americans from the end of World War 2. Sir Christopher Meyer, controversial former ambassador to Washington during the Bush and Blair era and author of explosive memoirs DC Confidential, tells the dramatic story of how we came to be mortgaged to the Americans, and reveals what this cautionary tale really tells us about our so-called special relationship.
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Sat 28 Jul 2007
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