Free parcel service to troops in Gulf
- Title
- Free parcel service to troops in Gulf
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 5 Dec 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:03:00
- Description
- The government has launched a free parcel service to enable people to send Christmas gifts to British servicemen in the Gulf. Defence Secretary Tom King says the new service, called BFPO 3000, will help boost morale, and denies the troops are facing a bleak Christmas. Male interviewer not identified. Break in recording.
- Contributors
- Tom King
- Keywords
- Armed forces; Postal services; Saudi Arabia; Christmas; Army personnel; Gulf War (1990-1991)
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LBC/IRN, "Free parcel service to troops in Gulf". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0012000552012 (Accessed 06 May 2025)