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Westland affair - Committee stalls (1986)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the Select Committee on Defence inquiry into the Westland Helicopters affair and the Committee’s being refused access to three senior key officials. Includes Winston Churchill MP and Labour MP...
Westland affair - Committee hears from Cabinet Secretary (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
John Gilbert MP questions Sir Robert Armstrong, Cabinet Secretary, at the Select Committee on Defence hearing on the Westland Helicopters affair. John Gilbert is then interviewed on what the Committee...
Westland affair - Bribery allegations (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Alan Bristow, Westland shareholder and takeover bidder, has claimed he was offered a knighthood if he would drop his opposition to the Sikorsky-Fiat bid for Westland Helicopters. Includes excerpt of...
Westland affair - Michael Heseltine on shareholders’ meeting (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Former Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine says the crucial Westland Helicopters shareholders’ meeting to decide the company’s future should be called off until the identities of six mystery...
Westland affair - Bid accepted (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back to the studio on a Westland Helicopters shareholders’ meeting going ahead despite the revelation of the existence of six mystery shareholders, and on the agreement that the American...
Westland Helicopters - Bribery allegations denied (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the denial by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that she authorised an attempt by two peers to bribe Alan Bristow, Westland shareholder and takeover bidder, with a knighthood to get him to drop...
Westland affair - Michael Heseltine on takeover bids (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Michael Heseltine, former Defence Secretary, on the disadvantages of the US bid (by Sikorsky) for Westland Helicopters, and allegations of bribery by takeover bidder and shareholder Alan Bristow. Male...
Westland affair - Leon Brittan on resignation (1986)
- Genre
- Press conference
Leon Brittan speaks to reporters at an engagement in Northallerton, following his resignation as Trade and Industry Secretary over the Westland Helicopters affair. He says he is grateful for the support of...
Escape from Yemen (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Briton, Simon Skeddon describes his escape from a beach outside Aden in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen to HMS Jupiter, with a number of refugees. (In the context of violence erupting over...
Evacuation from Yemen (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Keith Pickard and Peter Farrager, expatriate workers in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, on violence in Aden over conflict between political leaders, the lesser violence in Mukalla where Farrager...