Menwith Hill phone-tapping allegations

Title

Menwith Hill phone-tapping allegations

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:14

Description

Interview with former UK Home Secretary Merlyn Rees about allegations made in New Statesman magazine that the Air Force base at Menwith Hill in Yorkshire is being used as a phone-tapping centre and on need for statistics on phone-tapping to be made public. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Merlyn Rees

Keywords

Government; Postal services; Yorkshire; Post Office; Espionage; Intelligence service; Access to information; Cabinet ministers; Telecommunications; Right to privacy; Interception of communication; Military bases; Official statistics; Menwith Hill

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