LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Lebanon hostages

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 May 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:49

Description

Frank Reed, freed American hostage, has been telling relatives and friends of hostages Brian Keenan and John McCarthy about the conditions they were kept in with him and how they are coping. Elaine Spence, sister of hostage Brian Keenan, talks about the conditions the hostages are living under and their hostility towards the British Government and Margaret Thatcher because of the lack of action to free them. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Elaine Spence

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; Ireland; Great Britain; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; John McCarthy; Brian Keenan; Frank Reed

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