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US Navy blows up Iranian oil rig (1987)
- Genre
- Press conference
US Secretary of State Caspar Weinberger (and another unidentified speaker reading a statement prepared by President Ronald Reagan) announces at a briefing that the US Navy has blown up an Iranian oil rig. It...
US Navy blows up Iranian oil rig (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Sir Geoffrey Howe expresses the UK’s full support for the US attack on an Iranian oil platform, he says it was self defence as Iran had attacked US flagged shipping in the Gulf. Calls for Iran and Iraq to...
Supertanker Gentle Breeze hit by Iranian missile (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with skipper (? Solan(?)) of the supertanker Gentle Breeze on being hit by an Iranian Exocet missile in the Gulf, killing a crewman, and if the British Navy provided enough protection. Interviewer...
Govan Mbeki release (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the release of political prisoner Govan Mbeki from Robben Island jail in South Africa and possibility revealed by the SA Justice Minister that Nelson Mandela may be released soon. Includes Govan...
Witness on Indian Army attack on Jaffna (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Dr Ramani Chelliah, a Tamil female doctor, describes the Indian Army attack on Jaffna, Sri Lanka when she was visiting her parents there. Female interviewer not identified.
Simon Hayward appeal (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
UK army officer Captain Simon Hayward speaks from his cell whilst waiting for his appeal result on drug smuggling charges in Stockholm, Sweden and comments on the disappearance of his brother Christopher who...
Hazel Hayward vows to fight on after son Simon loses appeal (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Hazel Hayward vows to fight on after the appeal for her son Simon was turned down. Army officer Simon Hayward was given a five year jail sentence for drug smuggling in Sweden. She appeals for his brother...
Simon Hayward on sentence (1987)
- Genre
- Press conference
UK army officer Simon Hayward gives his reaction to the press on being jailed for drug smuggling for five years in Sweden and comments on conditions in prison, why his brother Christopher has not come...
Simon Hayward on losing appeal (1987)
- Genre
- Press conference
UK army officer Simon Hayward gives his reaction on losing his appeal and being jailed for drug smuggling for five years in Sweden and comments on his future in the army; calls for his brother Christopher to...
Simon Hayward loses drugs charges appeal in Sweden (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lindsay Taylor reports from Stockholm, Sweden (by phone) on the appeal for UK army officer Simon Hayward against drug smuggling charges being lost. Includes Christopher Murray, his defence lawyer, reacting...