Colonel Gaddafi apologises over Yvonne Fletcher
- Title
- Colonel Gaddafi apologises over Yvonne Fletcher
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Dec 1984
- Year of production
- 1984
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- Duration
- 00:02:53
- Description
- Report on a mission by Terry Waite to Libya to obtain the release of four British hostages and the apology given during the trip by Colonel Gaddafi for the shooting dead of WPC Yvonne Fletcher (1704/84) at a demonstration outside the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Examines the possibilty of renewed diplomatic relations between UK and Libya. Includes comment from Queenie Fletcher, mother of Yvonne. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Queenie Fletcher
- Keywords
- UK; International relations; Homicide; Police personnel; Diplomacy; Hostages; Muammar al-Gaddafi; Yvonne Fletcher; Libya; Terry Waite
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