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Liverpool City councillor on Government budget for the area (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified male councillor (poss. Derek Hatton) describes the critical position Liverpool City Council finds itself in, due to the withdrawal of funding from the Government. He says people are concerned...
Wapping dispute (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. a government minister?) on his visit to observe police activity and public order on the Wapping picket line. He is satisfied with the way things are looking. Female...
Collector buys historic manuscript (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified male collector is interviewed about his purchase of an illuminated manuscript for 1.3 million pounds. He says he purchased the unique item to keep it in England, and may put it into the...
Arthur Hertzberg says Austrian President is a war criminal (1986)
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- Interview
Dr Arthur Hertzberg of the World Jewish Congress says that Dr Kurt Waldheim, President of Austria, must be shunned by the rest of the world. He says Waldheim was a member of the Nazi Party and is a suspect...
Bishop Trevor Huddleston criticises Thatcher on South Africa (1986)
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- Interview
Bishop Trevor Huddleston, who has spent 12 years in South Africa, discusses the sanctions against the country and says that the only option will be an armed revolution, which will bring an end to world...
Max Kempleman on US-Soviet arms talks (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
During a brief visit to London, Max Kempleman, a US arms negotiator, describes the relationship between the USA and the Soviet Union, and the arms talks, which are at a crucial stage. Kempleman talks about...
How sanctions against South Africa will affect its neighbours (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
The Right Reverend Patrick Mutume, General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Catholic Conference, says the neighbouring countries to South Africa feel that the only way to end apartheid is to apply sanctions. The...
Challenger shuttle disaster (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Special; Speech
US President, Ronald Reagan addresses the people of America in the wake of the Challenger shuttle explosion. An unidentified (NASA?) spokesman describes the series of events which led up to the explosion...
Basque bomb threats by ETA (1986)
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- Interview
Basque nationalist separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) has threatened British holidaymakers, telling them to stay away from Spanish holiday resorts. A series of small bombs have gone off across the...
Desmond Tutu on situation in South Africa (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Archbishop Desmond Tutu talks about his experiences in South Africa, and the appeal he has issued for the violence to stop. He does not hold out any hope for a positive response to the appeal, and says the...