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John Major on resuming sporting links with South Africa

Title
John Major on resuming sporting links with South Africa
Genre
Speech; Parliamentary debate
TX Date
19 Feb 1991
Year of production
1991
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Duration
00:00:22
Description
House of Commons speech by UK Prime Minister John Major reacting after the International Olympic Committee ended South Africa’s twenty-one year exclusion from the Olympic movement. He says the time has come to resume sporting links with South Africa in the areas where there has been proper integration of sport within the republic.
Contributors
John Major
Keywords
Sport; Interethnic relations; South Africa; UK; Great Britain; International relations; Economic sanctions; Olympic games; Racial segregation

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