IRA Brighton bombing - Whitelaw reaction

Title

IRA Brighton bombing - Whitelaw reaction

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:13

Description

Interview with Deputy Prime Minister William Whitelaw on the IRA bombings at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton - party morale, ongoing rescue operations, injuries sustained to minister Norman Tebbit, and level of security at the Grand Hotel. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

Contributors

William Whitelaw

Keywords

Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; Conferences; Norman Tebbit; Security; Security measures; Politicians; Bombs; Rescue work; Brighton; Search and rescue operations; Grand Hotel

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