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Inside the BBC’s plan for a nuclear attack
In 1973, a secret UK committee drafted the message the BBC would broadcast to the nation in the event of a Soviet nuclear strike.
A chilling, darkly fascinating glimpse at how officials planned to address a nation facing annihilation.
A secret UK committee drafts a message to be played in case of nuclear attack.
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