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  • Margaret Thatcher given freedom of the City of London (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Rosy Kempston reports on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher being given the freedom of the City of London at a ceremony at the Guildhall. Includes excerpts of her speech. See Further information for...

  • George Bush on nuclear weapons (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Let Europe be whole and free: the bold declaration of US President George Bush, and the challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev’s Soviet Union. In his major policy speech in West Germany, close on the heels of...

  • Margaret Thatcher awarded freedom of the City of London (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has today been given the freedom of the City of London. At a glittering ceremony at the Guildhall, Thatcher received the honour, which means she can now drive sheep...

  • Gorbachev appointed new Soviet Executive President (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Mikhail Gorbachev has consolidated his power with his election as the Soviet Union’s first Executive President, but the first session of the new-style parliament left some deputies disappointed,...

  • Demonstration against Salman Rushdie book (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Police in riot gear were called in when violent clashes broke out during a demonstration by twenty thousand Muslims who marched on Downing Street in a protest against Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic...

  • Stevie Wonder entertains children at birthday celebration (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report; Speech

    Stevie Wonder joined an impromptu singing session today with scores of children, when he turned up for a special birthday party at the British Telecom Tower. As Richard Armstrong reports, the pop...

  • George Bush returns home after European tour (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    US President George Bush is going back home this morning, after his first European tour, and one that has been widely regarded as a success. Bush and his wife Barbara are flying out from Heathrow shortly...

  • British-Soviet relations deteriorating (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    The Soviet Union is warning that a further 170 British nationals could be forced to leave. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov said in Moscow that a decision had been taken to set a quota for...

  • George Bush makes offer to the Russians (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Speech

    US President George Bush has unveiled a new conventional arms control proposal at the NATO summit in Brussels, which he claims will transform the military map of Europe. He would like to see a deal...

  • Margaret Thatcher clashes on nuclear weapons (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Despite the US initiative on conventional arms cuts, drawing the spotlight away from the row between UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl over short-range missiles,...