MP3, 21:29mins
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first broadcast 12 August 2004
Much controversy has been generated over the proposed visit to this country by historian David Irving. Irving made his
reputation as biographer of Churchill. These days he is internationally reviled as a holocaust denier. The prospect of
his arrival here has Jewish groups appalled and civil libertarians divided. For a variety of reasons, it looks like he
won't be touching down in Wellington any time soon. On the line from Florida he told Simon Pound why we're not ready for
his version of history.
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Simon Pound is a BFM wire host - Thursdays - where he (on alternate weeks) interviews Scoop's Alastair Thompson and
Selwyn Mannings at 1.30pm. He has a blog at http://inforapound.blogspot.com