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Shimon Peres visits London (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Israeli Prime Minister, Shimon Peres addresses the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House while on his official visit to London. He speaks about the political system of Israel; its...
Political reform in South Africa (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report produced by the Audio News Service of Johannesburg, South Africa, on President P.W. Botha’s speech outlining planned political reform at the opening of Parliament, and reaction to it. Botha...
Westland affair - Neil Kinnock view (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Neil Kinnock, Labour leader, rejects charges that he did not question Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hard enough on the Westland Helicopters scandal during a Parliamentary debate. Also on the need for more...
Westland affair - Conservative reaction to debate (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Conservative MPs’ reaction to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s performance during a three-hour debate about the Westland Helicopters controversy. Includes interviews with Norman St...
Westland affair - Committee hears from Cabinet Secretary (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
John Gilbert MP questions Sir Robert Armstrong, Cabinet Secretary, at the Select Committee on Defence hearing on the Westland Helicopters affair. John Gilbert is then interviewed on what the Committee...
Westland affair - Bribery allegations (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Alan Bristow, Westland shareholder and takeover bidder, has claimed he was offered a knighthood if he would drop his opposition to the Sikorsky-Fiat bid for Westland Helicopters. Includes excerpt of...
Westland affair - Michael Heseltine on shareholders’ meeting (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Former Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine says the crucial Westland Helicopters shareholders’ meeting to decide the company’s future should be called off until the identities of six mystery...
Westland affair - Bid accepted (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back to the studio on a Westland Helicopters shareholders’ meeting going ahead despite the revelation of the existence of six mystery shareholders, and on the agreement that the American...
Westland affair - Michael Heseltine on takeover bids (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Michael Heseltine, former Defence Secretary, on the disadvantages of the US bid (by Sikorsky) for Westland Helicopters, and allegations of bribery by takeover bidder and shareholder Alan Bristow. Male...
Escape from Yemen (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Briton, Simon Skeddon describes his escape from a beach outside Aden in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen to HMS Jupiter, with a number of refugees. (In the context of violence erupting over...