Douglas Hurd on IRA threat to Conservative conference

Title

Douglas Hurd on IRA threat to Conservative conference

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:28

Description

Home Secretary Douglas Hurd is appealing for extra vigilance against the IRA but says a Conservative Party conference in Scarborough will go ahead despite the discovery of Semtex and weapons in wooodland near the town. Male interviewer Peter? Spencer. For Update programme.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd; Peter Spencer?

Keywords

Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; Firearms; Explosives; Scarborough; Update (radio programme)

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