CIA mines Nicaragua ports

Published: April 13, 1984, 4:21 p.m.

President Reagan snubs claims that the CIA mining of Nicaraguan ports has damaged shipping from around the world. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.