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Iranian hostage crisis - Strained relations between Washington and Tehran (1979)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

US State Department spokesman Hodding Carter III says there will be no exchange of the Shah for the American diplomats being held hostage in Iran. He says the Shah is not a permanent resident of the USA but...

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Three unrelated reports - nd [1975-1986]: Lester Chapman inquest; Rates and government funding; Murder charge/Country Club fire

Phil Coope reports from Reading. Track 1- Lester Chapman inquest. A young boy Lester Chapman run away from home a few days before Christmas, because he was abused at home. He was unable to cope in the sub...

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Radio City Proms 1985 - VE/VJ PROM (1985)

aka: Royal Liverpool Philarmonic Orchestra concert [Part 1]

Beethoven Symphony no.5 (first movement); Davis - Winston Churchill, The Wilderness Years, We’re Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line.Rodgers - Goodnight Children Everywhere.Walton Suite - The...

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Diplomat on Palestinian expulsions (1988)

Genre

Interview

David Spanier interviews Moshe Raviv, Israeli Charge d’Affaires in London, about the decision of Israel to expel nine Palestinians from its occupied territories, despite protestations from foreign...

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British diplomats pull out of Kabul (1989)

Genre

Interview

The Soviets are planning to pull out of Afghanistan, but Muslim guerillas are closing in to attack. British diplomats have left the country safely and reached New Delhi. British charge d’affaires Ian...

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Lord Carrington visits Helsinki (1980)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on an official visit by UK Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) to Finland for talks on trade in the context of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Includes interviews with Lord...

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Iran embassy hostages (1979)

Genre

Interview

2 interview clips, apparently consecutive, on a telephone conversation (by NBC?) with Bruce Laingen, US Charge d’Affaires, held hostage at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Office in Tehran; lack of...

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Iran talks (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report

Stuart Maister reports on claims that the UK Foreign Office is close to an agreement with the Iranians over compensation regarding damage to the embassies in each other’s country; also comments on...

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Diplomat Edward Chaplin kidnapped (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on diplomatic relations souring between Britain and Iran following the kidnap and charging of ambassador Edward Chaplin by revolutionary guards in Tehran. The abduction may have been in reaction to...

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Community charge scrapped (1991)

Genre

Parliamentary debate; Speech

Parliamentary speech (by Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine?) announcing the Government’s decision to abandon the community charge (poll tax). The charge will be replaced as soon as possible by a...

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