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Len Murray on Ponomarev (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Interview with Len Murray, TUC, on talks with Boris Ponomarev, Soviet politician, and justification for his visit to the UK. Male interviewer not identified.
British mercenaries to Angola (1976)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Liz Aspen interviews leader of a recruitment drive (John Banks?) for mercenaries to go into Angola paid by the government of Zaire. It has been requested by president Roberto of Angola and will consist of...
Boris Ponomarev on demonstrations (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
George Mackintosh reports on the reaction (via an interpreter) of Soviet politician Boris Ponomarev, to demonstrations during his visit to the UK.
Ulster convention (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
William Craig describes the possibility of an agreement between the Irish political parties which would result in a coalition, power sharing government in Northern Ireland. Encouragingly, paramilitaries...
Death of Mao Tse-Tung (1976)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Griffiths(?) of Reuters reports on mourners filing past Mao Tse-Tung’s body in the Great Hall of the People, Peking and of other marks of mourning in the city following his death (09/09/76). It is...
Chrysler rescue doubted by Select Committee (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Patrick Duffy MP, the chairman of the select committee on Chrysler car company rescue, doubts the wisdom of the Government’s rescue plan, claiming the plan may not have been thought out as it should have...
Mao Tse-Tung’s life (1976)
- Genre
- News report; Obituary
David Rogers reports from Peking with an obituary of Mao Tse-Tung, following his death (09/09/76), with reference to his four marriages and children and changes in China over his lifetime.
Opening of NEC by The Queen (1976)
- Genre
- Speech
Introductory speech on the building of the NEC and the local and national support for it (speaker unidentified) followed by the Queen officially opening the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham,...
Edward Heath on Mao and China (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Interview with former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath on the political future of China following the death of the country’s leader Mao Tse-Tung (09/09/76). Heath’s belief that the leadership is committed...
Dock Labour Bill proposed to solve industrial problems (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour politician Michael Foot is interviewed on the reasoning behind the Dock Labour Bill, and claims the bill seeks to solve problems caused by bad industrial relations, and discredits the Conservative...