Tom King on sending British forces to the Gulf

Title

Tom King on sending British forces to the Gulf

Genre

Interview

TX Date

9 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:05:21

Description

Defence Secretary Tom King on the decision to send British forces to the Gulf in defence of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states under threat of Iraqi invasion. On protecting British forces against the possible Iraqi use of chemical weapons, and his hopes that Arab and European nations will join the United States of America and Britain in the multi-national effort. Interviewer is Elena Curti.

Contributors

Tom King; Elena Curti

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; British; International relations; Saudi Arabia; Wars (events); Iraq; Chemical weapons; Gulf War (1990-1991)

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.