LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Thatcher press conference cancelled

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

12 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:03

Description

Kevin Murphy reports from Downing Street on the cancellation of a press conference by Margaret Thatcher, following remarks by Nelson Mandela that sanctions should remain until the apartheid regime is dismantled. Interview with press secretary, Bernard Ingham; speech and interview by Neil Kinnock; press interview with Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; Douglas Hurd; Bernard Ingham; Kevin Murphy

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Apartheid; Economic sanctions; Anti-apartheid movements; ANC; Nelson Mandela

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