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[Text of letter on left] BBC BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS WHITE CITY 201 WOOD LANE LONDON W12 7TS TELEPHONE: 0181-752 5252 FAX 0181-7525237 David Irving Esq 81 DUKE Street London W1 20 October 1997 Dear Mr Irving I wonder if I could possibly come and see you. I’ve become interested in the various “bans” to which you are subject – in Europe and elsewhere.
The BBC and a number of other European broadcasters have comissioned me to make a series dealing wtih this question. Broadly speaking, my own position is the one adopted by Christopher Hitchens in his VANITY FAIR piece . But I would like to talk to you in much greater detail about your own views on the matter – and your experience. Could we perhaps meet for lunch? Yours sincerely Nicholas Fraser Commissioning Editor, Storyville [stamp: ANSWERED 22 OCT 1997 ] 2.
BBC BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS WHITE CITY 201 WOOD LANE LONDON W12 7TS TELEPHONE: 0181-752 5252 FAX 01817525237 David Irving Esq 81 Duke Street London W1 31 October 1997 Dear David Thanks very much for seeing me. I forgot to ask for the dossier you found in Canada. But I feel I need to do a great deal more reading before seeing you again. Yours sincerely Nicholas Fraser Commissioning Editor, Storyville NEXT ITEM IN THIS DOSSIER: 1998