Draw information from a letter to Mussolini (5)

I believe the answer is:

educe

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'draw information' is the definition.
'educe' can be an answer for 'draw' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'information' bit.

'a letter to mussolini' is the wordplay.
'a letter' becomes 'e'.
'to mussolini' becomes 'duce' (I've seen this before).
'e'+'duce'='EDUCE'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for educe that I've seen before include "Bring out (something)" , "Bring out, develop" , "Draw out, elicit" , "Infer" , "Extract" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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