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3 unusual facts about Leonard Miall


Leonard Miall

He took charge of broadcasts in German until 1942, when was seconded to the Political Warfare Executive and sent to work on psychological warfare in New York and San Francisco.

Ernest Bevin, then British Foreign Secretary, heard the broadcast, and was spurred to press ahead with what became the Marshall Plan for the nations of Europe to rebuild their economies after the war.

He retired to Taplow in Berkshire, where he died a few months after celebrating his 90th birthday.



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