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3,214 results found for all records.
Lebanon hostages freed (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference
James Bays reports from RAF Lyneham as Lebanon hostage John McCarthy arrives back in the UK and another hostage Edward Tracy has been released. Includes excerpts of press conferences with UN Secretary...
Two hostages freed (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Male British speaker (not identified) says the freeing of two hostages today (John McCarthy and Edward Tracy?) has brought optimism, but agrees there is still work to be done to resolve the hostage situation.
Freed hostage on captivity (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Through an interpreter, a French hostage (not identfiied) discusses his release, claiming the captors treated him and fed him well, with plenty of human contact. No further context supplied.
Freed hostage in good health (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
A North American hostage (Edward Tracy?) on his last few years as a captive. He says he was treated well, and feels good enough to go running.
Reaction after Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Press conference
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been deposed, Tim Locke rounds up world reaction. Comment from political commentator Joe Adamov; former KGB officer Stanislav Levchenko on new Soviet leader Gennady...
Yanayev defends action after Gorbachev deposed (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
After Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed, new leader and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, speaking to press through an interpreter, says the takeover and strict public control measures are...
Yanayev on Gorbachev after deposing him (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
After Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed, new leader and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, speaking to press through an interpreter, says Gorbachev is just very tired and needs time to...
Soviet opposition to coup grows (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Tim Locke reports on Soviet opposition to the coup that deposed President Mikhail Gorbachev growing, rallying round Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the West removing aid to the USSR, rumours of an open...
Defence cuts should stop after USSR coup (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference from former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher saying proposed defence cuts due to the end of the Cold War should stop after the coup in the USSR which has removed President Mikhail Gorbachev...
John Major on Soviet coup (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Prime Minister John Major gives a press statement from 10 Downing Street on the coup in the Soviet Union which saw the current regime overthrown, and relays a statement from Russian President Boris Yeltsin...