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The Great Escape.

Authors :
Buckley Jr., WM. F.
Source :
National Review; 11/15/1966, Vol. 18 Issue 46, p1150-1150, 1p
Publication Year :
1966

Abstract

Focuses on political issues pertaining to Great Britain with emphasis on the jail-break by George Blake, the Soviet spy. Refusal by home secretary Roy Jenkins to carry out the court order to flog a life prisoner who had assailed and killed his warder; Insistence by politician Edward Heath that the Labor government should take full responsibility for the escape of the traitor Blake; Fact that the maneuver of the Labor government was to appoint a commission to look into the matter of prison security.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00280038
Volume :
18
Issue :
46
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
National Review
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
16955898