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Correspondence between the BBC and Haldane regarding a talk by Haldane for the Third Programme on the subject of "Nature and Nurture". Includes the contract showing that the talk was broadcast on Sunday 30th November 1947, a copy of a letter from Haldane's secretary to the BBC enclosing some alterations [1 typescript, 1 handwritten draft] and a copy of Haldane's script prepared by the BBC after the broadcast.
 
Also includes correspondence between Haldane and the editor of The Listener regarding a printing error, a letter from the BBC's USSR Section inviting Haldane to write a talk along the lines of "Nature and Nurture" for translation into Russian and a letter from the Central Office of Information confirming the grant of serial rights for "Nature and Nurture" in Hong Kong and Singapore.

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