LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Breakdown of Geneva conference talks

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:04:14

Description

Chris Morten reports from Salisbury on chairman of the Geneva conference Ivor Richard’s decision not to reconvene the talks following Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith’s rejection of British proposals. Includes excerpt of Ian Smith’s address to the nation calling for negotiations to continue under the original Kissinger agreement and for the British government to deal with Rhodesian Africans rather than with terrorists in neighbouring countries.

Contributors

Ian Smith; Chris Morten

Keywords

Geneva; Ethnic conflicts; Political systems; Conferences; Political reform; Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Diplomacy; Henry Kissinger; Black African peoples; Ivor Richard; Democratization

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