LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Britain bombs Falklands airfield

Genre

Speech; Special

TX Date

2 May 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:01:40

Description

Foreign Office minister Cranley Onslow speech to the Falkland Islanders explaining the reasons for bombing the Port Stanley airfield in the Falklands crisis and confirming peace negotiations will continue. Originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.

Contributors

BBC; Cranley Onslow

Keywords

Great Britain; Military affairs; Conflict resolution; Aerial bombardment; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Francis Pym; Cabinet ministers; Airfields; Port Stanley

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