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39,247 results found for all records.
David Steel on political pacts (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Liberal leader David Steel about his willingness to form a pact with the Conservative or Labour Party after the next General Election should there be a hung parliament, and about the breaking...
British Rhodesia mission (1978)
- Genre
- Press conference; News report
Report by Peter Sharp including British MP Cledwyn Hughes answering reporters’ questions after holding talks with Southern African representatives under his role as special envoy to Rhodesia to investigate...
Rhodesian elections postponed (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Rhodesia’s transitional government led by Prime Minister Ian Smith postponing the elections which would hand over power to majority black rule and timetabling a white referendum for January on...
Rhodesian elections postponed (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Francis Pym attacks the Rhodesian transitional government’s decision to postpone their elections which would lead to black majority rule and hopes for a peace conference, end to war and...
Guerrilla attacks in Rhodesia (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Rodney Pinder reports on a guerrilla attack on a farm in Rhodesia where black farm labourers and their families were killed. And on upsurge in such attacks as Robert Mugabe’s Patriotic Front attempts to...
Rhodesia guerilla attacks (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Chris Morten reports on a guerrilla attack on an armed convoy in Rhodesia in which four people were killed. Several white farmers and black civilians have also been murdered in the conflict.
Anti-apartheid movement (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Executive Secretary of the UK Anti Apartheid Movement Mike Terry on the letter of protest handed to the South African ambassador over deaths and torture of detainees whilst in custody of South...
Racial discrimination laws in Rhodesia (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Sue Jameson interviews James Dzvova of ZANU about end of racial segregation and the new anti-discrimination laws in Zimbabwe Rhodesia.
World Council of Churches Rhodesia funding row (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Captain Jenny Fairbanks on the Salvation Army’s withdrawal from the World Council of Churches over their funding of groups involved in violent liberation struggles in Rhodesia and says the...
Rhodesians’ views on all-party talks (1978)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Peter Sharp ascertains views of Rhodesian citizens on the postponement of the Rhodesian elections, hopes for the possible all-party talks and whether the Patriotic Front will join in the talks.