Margaret Thatcher on Bosnian crisis

Title

Margaret Thatcher on Bosnian crisis

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 Apr 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:06:20

Description

Two linked clips featuring former UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher as she denounces the European community as an accomplice to massacre following the crisis in Bosnia. In two live interviews, she says the Bosnian Muslims must be armed and she is ashamed of the EC standing idly by, watching the atrocities. One interview by Trevor McDonald; other male reporters not identified. Original catalogue record notes BBC & ITN copyright; some material from BBC’s Six O’Clock News.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; BBC; ITN

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; EEC; UK; International relations; UN; Humanitarian assistance; Europe; Foreign aid; International cooperation; Wars (events); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Yugoslav War (1991-1995)

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