Michael Heseltine on becoming defence secretary
- Title
- Michael Heseltine on becoming defence secretary
- Genre
- Press conference
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:02:32
- Description
- New Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine talks to the press about his appointment and refuses to make any policy announcements, but briefly mentions unilateral disarmament and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to the Falkland Islands.
- Contributors
- Michael Heseltine
- Keywords
- Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Prime ministers; Nuclear weapons; State visits; Nuclear disarmament; Defence policy; Falkland Islands; Unilateral disarmament; Cabinet ministers; National defence; Political appointments; International defence
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