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Neil Kinnock on his visit to the USA (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour leader Neil Kinnock on his visit to the United States. In a meeting with US Secretary of State George Shultz about the matter of Central America, Kinnock had perceived all the ingredients for a...
Violence in Lebanon (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on recent violence in Lebanon. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been consulting urgently with her ministers and advisers over the future of the 100-strong British contingent in the...
GCHQ union ban - Geoffrey Howe Commons statement (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; Special; Speech
UK Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe defends his trade union ban on members of the workforce at GCHQ to an all-party committee of MPs. He explains the long-standing convention that the Government does not...
South Bank to be transformed (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified (Scottish) male speaker on bringing people and money to the South Bank, London. The area in question runs from the Bankside area and Tower Bridge, to Lambeth Bridge and down to Elephant and...
Margaret Thatcher on business deals for Britain (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Walden interviews UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on LWT’s Weekend World programme. She talks about securing business for Britain and about her 1981 tour from Delhi to five countries in the Gulf....
25th anniversary of Castro’s victory over Batista (1984)
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- Interview; News report
Report (from Havana) on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Cuban President Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz coming to power by overthrowing President Fulgencio Batista. Trainee pharmacist Oscar Alcalde was there at...
Jesse Jackson campaigns to get more black people on US voting register (1984)
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- News report; Interview
Report on the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s campaign to get more black people on the United States voting register. Jackson, who spoke in Brixton, London, at the end of last year, has no chance of becoming...
Henry Kissinger’s views on East-West dialogue (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger’s views on the East-West dialogue. Kissinger says he has already discussed his proposal for the appointment of American and Russian special...
George Shultz on preventative strikes in the Middle East (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Andrew Manderstam reports on US Secretary of State, George Shultz’s confirmation that the USA is considering preventative strikes in the Middle East. Yesterday, US officials deliberately leaked...
Benjamin Netanyahu on his time in London (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St James. In 1948 he fought in Jerusalem alongside a soldier named Esther, whose younger sister is now his wife. Apparently he is due to...