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Caspar Weinberger speech on missile disarmament (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a proposed missile disarmament deal between the Soviet Union and United States and European fears for defence. Includes speech by US Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger reassuring European NATO...
Irangate hearings (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by Robert McFarlane, former National Security Adviser, at the second week of the Irangate (Iran-Contra affair) hearings in Washington DC, defending the funding of the Contra rebels in Nicaragua....
Trial of detectives who set up robbery (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Old Bailey trial of Detective Sergeant Kenneth Day and Detective Constable Richard Chapman of Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad, who set up an armed raid on an Ealing, West London, dairy so that they...
Harvey Proctor in court on sex charges (1987)
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- News report; Speech
Report on the appearance in court of Conservative Party MP, Harvey Proctor, following allegations of gross indecency including spanking and caning sessions involving underage male prostitutes. Includes...
Lord King accuses Government of being over-cautious in privatisation policies (1987)
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- News report; Speech
Report on Lord King (John King), Chairman of British Airways, accusing the Government of being over-cautious in its privatisation policies. Looks at a speech by Lord King about the caution the Government is...
Carroll Douglass Bing on Sir Rudolph Bing going missing again (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Carroll Douglass Bing talks about how her husband, Sir Rudolph Bing, has gone missing, the mental state he was in at the time of his disappearance, and how Sir Ian Hunter and Lord Goodman are looking after...
40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. Includes excerpts from speeches by US Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger, and Conservative Party Chairman, Norman Tebbit. Male reporter not identified.
Margaret Thatcher on nuclear weapons control (1987)
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- Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks about the importance of reducing nuclear weapons, the importance of having some nuclear weapons, how this affects Britain, and progress with the USSR.
Ronald Reagan on the USSR and nuclear weapons (1987)
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- Speech
US President Ronald Reagan on the possibility of nuclear weapons reductions through US-Soviet talks.
Ronald Reaganâs Tear Down This Wall speech, Berlin (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s speech from the Brandenburg Gate, calling on Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Also covers the demonstrations against Reagan’s coming to Berlin, how...