Row over attending Hirohito funeral
- Title
- Row over attending Hirohito funeral
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 9 Jan 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:03:29
- Description
- Oni Bhattacharya reports on a diplomatic row over Britain sending representatives to the state funeral of Emperor Hirohito because of Japan’s treatment of allied POWs in the Second World War. Includes interviews with Harold Payne, National Federation of Far East Prisoners; Tim Keen(?), former POW; Ron Brown, Labour MP for Leith; Harold Brooks-Baker of Debretts Peerage; Steve Cairns(?), former POW. From AM programme.
- Contributors
- Ron Brown; Oni Bhattacharya; Harold Payne; Tim Keen(?); Steve Cairns(?); Harold Brooks-Baker
- Keywords
- Deaths; War crimes; Funerals; Second World War (1939-1945); Royalty; Japan; Prisoners of War; Royal funerals; AM (radio programme); Emperor Hirohito
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