Businessman held in Iraq
- Title
- Businessman held in Iraq
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Jul 1979
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:02:42
- Description
- Interview with Foreign Office minister Douglas Hurd on the arrest of British businessman John Smith in Baghdad, Iraq, for undisclosed reasons (23/07/79). Smith is a managing director of Hestair Dennis, a vehicle manufacturing firm. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Douglas Hurd
- Keywords
- International relations; Motor vehicle industry; Prisoners; Business people; Iraq; John Smith; Arrests; Baghdad; Hestair Dennis
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LBC/IRN, "Businessman held in Iraq". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0011800518004 (Accessed 11 Oct 2025)