Gerry Adams visits the United States

Title

Gerry Adams visits the United States

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

13 Mar 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:10

Description

Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports on the visit to the USA of Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein President. Adams gives a speech describing the reasons for his visit, and claims he is not there to ask the US Government for help, or interfere in the relationship with Britain. SDLP MP John Hume talks from Washington on the need for the UK Prime Minister to start full scale peace talks, and the money raised by Sinn Fein in the USA.

Contributors

Gerry Adams; John Hume; Simon Marks

Keywords

USA; Politics; Northern Ireland; UK; Great Britain; International relations; Fundraising; Sinn Fein; Peacebuilding; Gerry Adams; Washington

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