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The Life And Times Of Chairman Mao – CBC – 1975 – Past Daily Reference Room – Caption: MaoTse-Tung. The man who guided China from the revolution until his death in 1976. Even now, they get uncomfortable talking about him. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CBC-Life-and-Times-of-Chairman-Mao.mp3 CBC Radio – The Life And Times Of Chairman Mao – circa 1975 –...

Senator Nixon Has A Few Words About Sending Troops To Europe – 1951 – Past Daily Reference Room –   Senator Richard Nixon - Interview by KMPC-Los Angeles - March 3, 1951 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - Before his days as President and vice-President, Richard Nixon was Senator from California. Coming in right during the Red Scare, and largely winning his Senatorial campaign by...

Failure Of U.S. Propaganda Abroad 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room – Past Daily – Discussion: A failure of U.S. Propaganda Abroad - Open Mind - 1960 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - 1960 was considered by many at the time to be a strange year. We were going through our ritual of selecting candidates for President, while at the same time, absorbed in debates at the UN and the...

June 7, 1950 – Politics And Occupation – Past Daily – June 7, 1950 - Report From Tokyo - Robert Martin, CBS News - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - June 7, 1950 - Coming up on 5 years since American forces began occupying Japan. Five years since Gen. MacArthur took charge of the revamping and reconstruction of Japan - reshaped the day to day, the social structure and even the politics...