The My Lai tapes - Part two [audio 23min]

In 1969, almost a year after the atrocities in My Lai, the US Army were so concerned about the rumours of a cover-up of the massacre, that an internal inquiry was ordered. It became known as 'The Peers Inquiry'. Robert Hodierne, an American military journalist, looks at the investigation in detail. In this programme you can hear for the first time, the actual recorded testimonies of soldiers, senior officers, chaplains and journalists. The tape recordings from the Peers Inquiry were tracked down only last year by the British journalist Celina Dunlop. These recordings provide crucial evidence about this notorious event--a turning point in the Vietnam War.