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159 results found for '"Belgium"' in Keywords.
Dinghy rescue for Belgian tourists (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male lifeboat service rescuer (not identified) on the ill-judged attempt by a group of forty Belgian tourists to cross the channel in a flotilla of motorised rubber dinghies. Male...
President Carter speech in Brussels confirming US support for NATO (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
US President Jimmy Carter’s speech in Brussels, in which he shows public support for the NATO alliance, claiming US involvement in it has massive support from the American people.
Baron Empain kidnap (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the kidnapping in Paris of Baron Edouard-Jean Empain, a Belgian millionaire businessman. An extremist Maoist splinter group, Noyaux Armes pour l’Autonomie Populaire, has claimed responsibility....
Cuban troops in Africa (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the entry of Cuban troops into African countries and the fighting that has resulted, prompting a decision from the West to enter the fray. A delayed reaction could see Africa becoming a communist...
Alan Cowell on killings in Kolwezi, Zaire (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Telephone report by Alan Cowell on the killings in Kolwezi in southern Zaire during an eight-day occupation by Katangese rebels. White survivors of the invasion are being airlifted but there are claims that...
Letter bombs from Belgium (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a police spokesman on a series of letter bombs that arrived from Belgium. He suggests they may have been IRA bombs aimed at industrialists. Male interviewer not identified.
Thomas Leo Ahern spy charge (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on evidence on which Iranian militants base their accusation that Thomas Leo Ahern - a US Embassy staff member with (allegedly) a Belgian passport - is a spy.
General Haig on Belgium landmine attack (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference
US General Alexander Haig on a landmine attack on the highway along which he was travelling in Mons, Belgium, which severely damaged the trailing car carrying two Belgian gendarmes and his US security man....
General Haig on Belgium landmine attack (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference
US General Alexander Haig on the improbability of the landmine attack in Belgium which damaged the trailing car carrying two Belgian gendarmes and his US security man being linked to the assassination of the...
Queen visits EC headquarters (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the visit by Queen Elizabeth II to the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium and giving background on the negative views in the UK towards the EEC. Also reports on her...