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  • Angolan mercenaries demo (1976)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on demonstration by families of British mercenaries now imprisoned in Angola, to demand more action from the government to get them released. Four mercenaries were recently executed. Interviews with...

  • Donald Rumsfeld on arms race (1976)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference with US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, on the Nuclear Planning Group of NATO, the arms race, and SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks).

  • Vorster statement on South African riots (1976)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on a statement in a local magazine by John Vorster, South African Prime Minister on the anti-apartheid riots which he accepted were serious. Believes USSR is involved in the riots to gain power in...

  • New Zealand sports boycott of South Africa (1976)

    Genre
    Interview

    South African government spokesman on New Zealand sporting boycott of South Africa referring to a visit and statement by New Zealand Foreign Minister Brian Talboys. New Zealand hopes not to repeat pull-out...

  • Horace Cutler on housing (1976)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by Conservative leader on the GLC Horace Cutler at the Party Conference on housing issues in the country under the Labour Government. With squatters, homeless people, and people on the waiting list...

  • Russell Fairgrieve on devolution (1976)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Allen interviews Scottish MP Russell Fairgrieve at the Conservative Party conference, on the issue of devolution, on the likelihood of a bill going through in the next Parliamentary session and on the...

  • Michael Heseltine on Labour failures (1976)

    Genre
    Speech

    Michael Heseltine, shadow Industry Secretary, gives an impassioned speech at the Conservative Party Conference criticising Labour’s economic and political failures and those with Marxist views who would...

  • Sir Geoffrey Howe on Minimum Lending Rate (1976)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir Geoffrey Howe on the economy of the country, interviewed at Conservative Party Conference. He claims the Labour Government has been spending too much, and borrowing too much. With the highest Minimum...

  • Patrick Jenkin on tax credit scheme (1976)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by Patrick Jenkin at the Conservative Party Conference on commitment to the Tax Credit system rather than social security payments. Also on the NHS Jenkins claims issues will not be resolved until the...

  • Reginald Maudling on defence (1976)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by former cabinet minister Reginald Maudling at the Conservative Party Conference on the threat of nuclear weapons, and the need to maintain defence forces. He states the three objectives should be to...