UK sends emissary to Rhodesia

Title

UK sends emissary to Rhodesia

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

23 May 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:25

Description

Richard Bath reports on the appointment by Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) of an official to oversee the new administration in Rhodesia following the first one-person-one-vote elections in the country. Includes a Parliamentary debate with speeches from Lord Carrington; Speaker George Thomas; former Prime Minister James Callaghan; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Lord Paget, Reginald Paget.

Contributors

James Callaghan; Margaret Thatcher; George Thomas; Richard Bath; Peter Carington; Reginald Paget

Keywords

Elections; UK; Great Britain; Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Peacemaking; Foreign policy; Abel Muzorewa; Bishops; Democratization; Salisbury (Rhodesia)

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