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RACHEL DRETZIN BRINGS US A STORY OF KANITA FOCAK, A SARAJEVAN ARCHITECT AND WIDOW, AND CHARLES LOWE, WHO RUNS A SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGES IN LONDON, WHO SHARE A SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP THROUGH LETTERS...AND HAVE NEVER MET.

2: Writer and Chairman of the Center of Post-Soviet Studies, SUSAN EISENHOWER. She is the granddaughter of President Eisenhower who led the United States in the early years of the Cold War. She met and married Roald Sagdeev, the former leader of the Soviet space program. Eisenhower's new book is Breaking Free: A Memoir of Love and Revolution (Farrar Straus Giroux). It focuses on her relationship with husband Roald Sagdeev, and interweaves their romantic memoir with the inner history of the Cold War.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO TALK-SHOW HOST JOHN ROBBIE ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL RUGBY TEAM, THE SPRINGBOKS, WHO WILL BE PLAYING IN TODAY'S RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS OF NEW ZEALAND. THE SPORT THAT FORMERLY DIVIDED THE COUNTRY IS NOW UNITING IT.

ESSAY: 18-YEAR-OLD JOHN FEDOTA OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, ONE OF THE WINNERS OF NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S "COMING OF AGE" CONTEST, READS US HIS ESSAY TITLED "HOW LITTLE WE SEE."

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Jacki talks to John Grafton of Alexandria, Louisiana who is overseeing the town's effort to reconvert the England Air Force base, which was shut down in 1992. He says that it is important for a community to have a unified vision of the economic future of their reigon and to act quickly to find new tennants for the vacated bases.

With the future of so many government programs in doubt, foreign aid is one of the programs least likely to have a strong defense. Daniel talks to Brian Atwood, Administrator of US A.I.D. and Robert Buchanan from Oxfam, U.S.A. about how usefully foreign aid is utilized.

LAST NIGHT THE DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION HELD ITS FINAL VOTE ON THE FATE OF A LIST OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. NPR'S JON GREENBERG REPORTS THAT THE COMMISSION FINALLY RECOMMENDED TO CLOSE NINETY BASES.

NPR'S PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ PROFILES GENERAL GORDON SULLIVAN, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY, WHO RETIRED THIS WEEK AFTER 36 YEARS SERVICE.

President Clinton today lashed out at Republican lawmakers who derailed the nomination of doctor Henry Foster for Surgeon General earlier this week. The President said the GOP was being taken over by extreme right-wing groups who would stop at nothing to outlaw abortion. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports.