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KGB agent Yurchenko defection (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on the denial by top KGB agent Vitaly Yurchenko at a press conference at the Soviet Embassy in Washington that he had defected to the USA. Includes excerpts, with Yurchenko (through interpreter)...
Rex Hunt on retirement as Falklands governor (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sir Rex Hunt on his retirement as Governor of the Falkland Islands and his time as Governor including before, during and after the Falklands War. Male interviewer not identified. Sound is in...
Gordon Jewkes appointed new Falklands governor (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Gordon Jewkes on his appointment as Governor of the Falkland Islands and High Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory following the retirement of Sir Rex Hunt, and on the prospects of...
Waite defends meeting with PLO representative (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs Terry Waite defending the decision to to meet Anglican Bishop and PLO representative Elia Khoury during his visit to Britain. Waite...
South Africa by-elections results (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the South Africa by-elections with the gaining of the first Parliamentary seat for the right-wing Herstigte National Party (by Louis Stofberg), which rejects granting of political rights to the...
South Africa media coverage ban (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha on the Government’s decision to ban international media coverage, claiming foreign journalists are not giving a true picture of the country. Male interviewer not...
South Africa media coverage ban (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Bishop Trevor Huddleston, on the South African Government’s decision to ban foreign media coverage of the country. Huddleston says the movement will continue to...
Tutu talks with Thatcher on apartheid (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaking following his talks with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, when he called on her to exert pressure to dismantle apartheid in South Africa. Tutu confirms Thatcher is still against...
Tutu meeting with Kinnock on apartheid (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the meeting between Bishop Desmond Tutu and Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock on apartheid in South Africa. Includes Tutu and Kinnock calling on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British...
US arms control proposal to USSR (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s announcement that a new US nuclear arms control proposal will be put to the USSR at the Geneva summit with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in...