Council refuses Plessey contract - Apartheid link

Title

Council refuses Plessey contract - Apartheid link

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:30

Description

Tower Hamlets councillor Cosmas Desmond on the council’s decision to refuse Plessey a contract to install a new telephone system at the Town Hall because of the company’s direct involvement with the apartheid military regime in South Africa. Male interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.

Contributors

Cosmas Desmond

Keywords

London; Companies; Local authorities; South Africa; Apartheid; Plessey; Telecommunications industry; Tower Hamlets Council; Procurement

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