Sonny Ramphal on Commonwealth Games
- Title
- Sonny Ramphal on Commonwealth Games
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 15 Jul 1986
- Year of production
- 1986
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- Duration
- 00:03:21
- Description
- Shridath (or Sonny) Ramphal, Commonwealth Secretary-General on whether the Commonwealth Games can be saved. He talks about the protest the nations are making, the possibility of compromise, how Britain will need to change its stance on sanctions, whether he has spoken to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher directly, his views on Thatcher, how big a role the Queen has to play in this conflict, and whether the Commonwealth could split over this. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Shridath Ramphal
- Keywords
- Sport; Sports competitions; Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Apartheid; Queen Elizabeth II; Commonwealth of Nations; Commonwealth games
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