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Ulster Polytechnic bomb attack (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Report from Ulster Polytechnic, Belfast following the terrorist bomb attack which killed an RUC officer and injured students, staff, police and members of the public as they attended a police lecture....
Cardinal Hume defends Bruce Kent (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Following CND General Secretary, Monsignor Bruce Kent’s speech at the Communist Party (UK) conference, statement by Cardinal Basil Hume in defence of Kent’s commitment to the cause of peace, and on the...
Lords debate violent crime and video nasties (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the House of Lords debate on the modern day causes of violent crime including the influence of video nasties and television. With extracts of speeches by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert...
Jamaica expels Soviets and Cuban for espionage (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Extracts from Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga speech announcing the expulsion of 4 Soviet diplomats and a Cuban journalist for espionage. Also extract of reply from former Prime Minister Michael Manley,...
NATO meeting on deployment of nuclear missiles (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the NATO meeting in Ottawa, Canada to arrange the first deployment of Cruise and Pershing nuclear missiles in Europe, and speculation over the date of their arrival at Greenham Common military base...
Reagan nuclear weapons broadcast (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Broadcast speech by US President Ronald Reagan on the current arms reduction negotiations in Geneva over long range INF missiles. He also justifies the basing of new US missiles in Europe to counter the...
US response to Beirut barracks bombing (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the US administration’s response to the Beirut terrorist bomb attack on the barracks of US Marines from the multilateral peacekeeping force in the Lebanon. Includes interviews with US Defence...
Reagan on US policy on Lebanon and Grenada (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s speech defending the presence of the US peacekeeping contingent in the Lebanon following the Beirut barracks bombing and also US intervention in Grenada, and claiming...
US reaction to Beirut barracks bombing (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Press conference
Report on US political reaction to the bomb attack on the Beirut barracks of US Marines from the multilateral peacekeeping force in the Lebanon, which follows an earlier terrorist attack on the US Embassy....
Reagan after Beirut barracks bombing (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by US President Ronald Reagan following the Beirut barracks terrorist bombing, in which he justifies keeping the US contingent in the Lebanon as part of the multilateral peacekeeping force with allies...