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According to the News Letter, journal of AA in England and Wales, the British General Service Conference of 1968 set up an Inquiry Group "to look into the subject of anonymity with particular reference to public media." Among the resulting recommendations, presented at the 1969 conference, was the following, on which the group was unanimous: "That television as a medium is not considered suitable for portrayal of members of Alcoholics Anonymous, either full face, profile, silhouette, or in the shadows."