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Stephen Waldorf shooting - Public confidence in Police (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on public confidence in the police following the acquittal of London Metropolitan Police officers John Jardine and Peter Finch for the attempted murder and wounding of Stephen Waldorf (shot 14/01/83...
Margaret Thatcher defends deployment of cruise missiles (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Guildhall speech justifying the planned deployment of US cruise missiles at the RAF Greenham Common airbase as part of the NATO deterrent against the Soviet...
Campus protest at UK deployment of cruise missiles (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Report on the campus protest (in Merseyside?) and disruption of a meeting organised by Conservative students with Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine on the planned deployment of US cruise missiles in...
Michael Heseltine announces first UK delivery of cruise missiles (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine announces in the House of Commons the delivery of the first US cruise missiles in Britain, part of the planned NATO deployment in Europe as a deterrent against the Soviet...
Suspension of planned strike over Stockport Messenger dispute (1983)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Unidentified National Graphical Association spokesman announces the suspension of the planned 24-hour printing industry strike over the Stockport Messenger dispute, following TUC General Secretary Len...
Michael Heseltine criticises The Day After (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine criticises, prior to its British network showing, the conclusions of the US TV film, The Day After, which depicts the effects of nuclear war.
House of Commons reaction to US decision on Argentina arms sales (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on House of Commons reaction to the US announcement which may open up arms sales to Argentina prior to the ending of hostilities over the Falkland Islands. Includes speeches by Conservative MPs Ray...
Yasser Arafat confirms Syrian bombing of Tripoli (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, confirms the bombing by Syrian army divisions and part of the PLO under Syrian control of his last stronghold in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Margaret Thatcher world defence speech at Commonwealth Conference (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Excerpt from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech at the Commonwealth Conference in Delhi on the need for better East-West relations and mutual co-operation between nations for greater world security.
Gerry Adams’ first presidential speech at annual Sinn Fein conference (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the first speech by new party president Gerry Adams at the Sinn Fein annual conference in Dublin, on the future republican direction of the party and its joint campaign of resistance with the IRA....