Clive Ponting book on Belgrano affair

Title

Clive Ponting book on Belgrano affair

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Mar 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Report on former civil servant Clive Ponting’s book entitled The Right to Know: The Inside Story of the Belgrano Affair, in which he claims his telephone was under surveillance (amongst other things), after he leaked documents about the controversial sinking of Argentine warship General Belgrano during the Falklands War. Includes interview with Clive Ponting. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Clive Ponting

Keywords

Books; Shipwrecks; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Civil servants; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Warships; Clive Ponting; Francis Pym; Navy; Interception of communication; Political scandals; ARA General Belgrano; The Right to Know: The Inside Story of the Belgrano Affair

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