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Title

Margaret Thatcher on changes in Czechoslovakia

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:05:14

Description

Nick Peters interviews UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Washington DC, about the situation in Czechoslovakia where there have been celebrations in Prague after the resignation of the entire Communist Party leadership. She also talks about he continuing role of NATO following political changes in the Eastern Bloc countries, about the latest economic statistics, and about the Conservative leadership campaign. See Further information for transcript.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=107830

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Nick Peters

Keywords

Revolutions; Government; Conservative Party; International relations; Political leadership; Political reform; Prime ministers; NATO; Czechoslovakia; Political leaders; Resignation (political); Communist parties; Eastern Europe; Washington; Economic statistics

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