LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Clive Ponting trial

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:15

Description

Report on the magistrates’ court decision to put forward to trial under the Official Secrets Act Clive Ponting, the civil servant who sent two documents to Labour MP Tam Dalyell about the controversial sinking of Argentine naval warship, General Belgrano, in the Falklands War. Clive Ponting’s solicitor, Brian Raymond, makes a statement. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Brian Raymond

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Legal procedure; Right to information; Civil servants; Courts; Legal decisions; Falklands War (1982); Warships; Clive Ponting; Official Secrets Act; Ministry of Defence; Political scandals; General Belgrano; Magistrates courts

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