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43 results found for '"Salisbury"' in Keywords.
Rhodesian oil depot attacked (1978)
- Genre
- Press conference
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith answers questions on the severity of a guerrilla attack on an oil depot in Salisbury and South African help in putting it out.
John Biggs-Davison on resignation from Shadow Cabinet (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP John Biggs-Davison explains his reasons for resigning his position in Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher’s Shadow Cabinet. Biggs-Davison says he cannot abstain from a parliamentary vote...
UK sends emissary to Rhodesia (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Richard Bath reports on the appointment by Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) of an official to oversee the new administration in Rhodesia following the first one-person-one-vote elections...
Lord Soames on relocation of civil servants (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Lord Christopher Soames presents to Parliament his speech on the dispersal of civil service posts from London to other areas of Britain. He refers to the Hardman Report which analysed the consequences of...
Muzorewa procession in Salisbury (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Sharp commentary on a procession in Salisbury, featuring Bishop Abel Muzorewa, following the handover of power in Zimbabwe Rhodesia, and after his election as the first black Prime Minister of the...
Lord Harlech in Salisbury - Talks with Muzorewa (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Peter Sharp reports on the arrival of Lord Harlech (William David Ormsby-Gore) in Salisbury, Zimbabwe Rhodesia, for talks with newly-elected Prime Minister Bishop Abel Muzorewa, on behalf of the British...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Salisbury Airport is becoming the base for transport aircraft to aid the monitoring of the ceasefire in Zimbabwe Rhodesia. A report into the plans for peacekeeping troops, preparations for arrival of British...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia political reform (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the arrival in Zimbabwe Rhodesia of Lord Soames, the new ambassador, meaning the end of economic sanctions and a return to legality. Rhodesia will become a British Crown colony until elections...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia political reform (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian government ceasing to exist as total power will be passed to British ambassador Lord Soames- reports on his arrival- until the elections later in the year. Also details the...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia political reform (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the return from the Lancaster House conference in London of Prime Minister Ian Smith to Zimbabwe Rhodesia and on his press conference at Salisbury (Rhodesia) Airport on the political reform agreed...