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Dutch police on Sykes shooting (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Dutch police spokeswoman Dim(?) Veldhuis(?) on the shooting of British diplomat Sir Richard Sykes. She says that two men were seen shooting at Sykes before fleeing on foot, that the police do not have any...
Jim Dallmeyer on shooting of Sir Richard Sykes (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Reporter Jim Dallmeyer answers questions on the assassination of British diplomat Sir Richard Sykes in the Netherlands. Dallmeyer comments on the possibility of its having been an IRA attack, and says the...
Lord Home pays tribute to Sir Richard Sykes (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Sir Alec Douglas-Home pays tribute to diplomat Sir Richard Sykes following his assassination in The Hague. Lord Home says that Sykes was an excellent public servant and popular amongst his peers. Male...
Operations resume at British Embassy in Iran (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
The British Embassy has resumed its normal activities after its handover by armed Iranians at midnight. An unidentified male Embassy officer says he is on his way to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to...
Tensions at British Embassy following hostage situation in Iran (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (probably from the British Embassy in Iran) reports the Ayatollah’s views on the hostage situation. The Ayatollah supports the occupation of the Embassy, and wants the Shah to...
Iranian hostage crisis - Strained relations between Washington and Tehran (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
US State Department spokesman Hodding Carter III says there will be no exchange of the Shah for the American diplomats being held hostage in Iran. He says the Shah is not a permanent resident of the USA but...
Death of Bobby Sands - US reaction (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Interview
Andrew Manderstam reports on US reaction to the death of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in Maze Prison, Belfast. Speakers include: James Chambers of NORAID; unidentified male protesters at a demonstration...
British Embassy evacuation, Aden (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the arrival back in London of the final group of Britons evacuated from South Yemen, including the ambassador in Aden, Mr Arthur Marshall. Thirty-six Britons were rescued by the royal yacht...
Cairo hotel fire kills tourists (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with James Sharp from the British Embassy in Cairo, following a fire in a luxury hotel in the city. There have been deaths and many people are missing. Gareth Furby asks about the fire, and what...
Cairo hotel burns down, killing 16 (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a fire in a luxury hotel in Cairo in which three Britons have been killed. James Sharp, a British Embassy official, describes the tragedy; hotel guest and survivor, Mrs Frances Beebee(?) gives her...