- Why me?
- They want... someone who is familiar with the struggles of colonial peoples and of racial minorities and who can be trusted by both sides.

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10 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - Peace Mediator classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:06:43 in the radio play.

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- Then you know what my mission is about?

- I've got an idea.

- In all the capitals of the world they're asking 'Who'll mediate now?'

- The United Nations would like to know if you'll step into Count Bernadotte's place. Or at least until a regular commission is appointed.

- Will you take over what's become the most dangerous job in Asia?

- If I thought I could really do the job, I...

- Apparently, the council believes you can. For once they decided unanimously on a man.

- They want... someone who is familiar with the struggles of colonial peoples and of racial minorities and who can be trusted by both sides.

- Someone whose personal experience fits him for the job of peacemaker.

- We hope you'll think it over. There's not much time.

- When you have decided, phone me at headquarters. I'll relay the message... You have eight hours to decide.

- He walked on through the Jerusalem streets probing the hidden pockets of his mind.

- And he thought of a day twenty-eight years back when, as a valedictorian of a Los Angeles high school, he came into a newspaper office and got his instructions from his first boss.

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Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Quotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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