LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Falklands crisis at critical point

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

27 Apr 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:02:06

Description

Report on a speech by US Secretary of State Alexander Haig to the Organisation of American States (OAS) warning the Falkland Islands crisis is at a critical point and may end in war, during debate on whether to invoke the Rio Treaty over the crisis. With excerpts of speech; speech by Argentine Foreign Minister Nicanor Costa Mendez, through interpreter. Andrew Manderstam? reports.

Contributors

Alexander Haig; Andrew Manderstam?; Nicanor Costa Mendez

Keywords

USA; Great Britain; International relations; Military affairs; Conflict resolution; Diplomacy; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Sovereignty; Wars (events); Organisation of American States

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