Margaret Thatcher on US air strikes on Libya

Title

Margaret Thatcher on US air strikes on Libya

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Apr 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:06:28

Description

UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher gives her first interview since the US attacks on Libya. She hopes that Europe will step up and fight in the war against terrorism and hopes the world will stop supplying Gaddafi and the Libyans with arms. She claims that economic sanctions against the country would help, and that non-military means must be pursued first. Interview is incomplete (clip ends mid-sentence). Interviewer is Peter Allen, for Granada Television.

Further information

The original interview was in two parts, of which this is the first, embargoed until 2130 on 21/04/86. For transcript, see http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106368

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Allen; Grenada TV

Keywords

USA; Terrorism; UK; Embassies and consulates; International relations; Economic sanctions; Pilots; Arms control; Aerial bombardment; Muammar al-Gaddafi; Yvonne Fletcher; Libya; Libyan People’s Bureau

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