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  • Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Peter Blaker, Minister of State at the Foreign Office, reacting to the threat by the Malaysian Government to deport 70,000 Vietnamese refugees. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Davies reports on the arrival of Vietnamese refugees to the UK after their flight from Hong Kong. Includes interview with Foreign Office minister Timothy Raison.

  • Lord Carrington in Washington for talks (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Andrew Manderstam reports on the visit of British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) to the United States for talks with Government officials on international affairs including the Soviet...

  • Helen Smith suspicious death - Richard Powell view (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Richard Powell, university lecturer and legal expert, on the case of British nurse Helen Smith, who died in suspicious circumstances in Saudi Arabia in 1979, particularly on Helen’s father...

  • Middle East situation - Lord Carrington view (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Andrew Manderstam interviews UK Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington (Peter Carington), who discusses the volatile situation in the Middle East, particularly Iran, and the role the United Nations can play in...

  • Ian Paisley on possibility of devolved government (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Eamonn Mallie interviews Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley about a report in the Daily Mail (20/09/80) by Andrew Alexander about the possibility of devolved government in Northern Ireland...

  • After Rhodesian elections - MP criticises Foreign Office (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a male Conservative MP (poss. Winston Churchill) following the victory of Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF in the Rhodesian elections. He says the outcome was not expected by the UK Conservative...

  • Ian Gilmour sacked for criticising Thatcherite policies (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Richard Bestic interviews Sir Ian Gilmour following his sacking by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as Lord Privy Seal and Government spokesman on Foreign and Commonwealth affairs. Gilmour confirms he will...

  • Francis Pym on Middle East peace plan (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Andrew Manderstam interviews UK Foreign Secretary, Francis Pym about his speech to the United Nations in New York where he expressed support for the US-backed Middle East peace plan. He talks about...

  • Francis Pym on European Council meeting (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    UK Foreign Secretary, Francis Pym, after a meeting of the European Council of Ministers, on the Middle East crisis and the Beirut massacre. Male interviewer not identified.