Title

Hogg on safe havens for Kurds

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Apr 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:53

Description

Des Fahy interviews Foreign Office minister, Douglas Hogg, about the controversial decision to send British troops to northern Iraq, with French and US forces, to help set up safe havens for the Kurds. The proposal has been welcomed in the House of Commons but UN Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar has raised serious doubts about what status the troops will have in Iraq. Broadcast on LBC FM Breakfast.

Contributors

Des Fahy; Douglas Hogg

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; Great Britain; Military affairs; Ethnic groups; Army; Political refugees; Iraq; Kurds

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