Lord Cudlipp on Mountbatten-King meeting

Title

Lord Cudlipp on Mountbatten-King meeting

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:09

Description

Former IPC chairman Lord Hugh Cudlipp of Aldingbourne, on a meeting held in 1968 with Lord Louis Mountbatten and Daily Mirror chairman Cecil King to discuss the setting up of a National Government in the event of the collapse of the Labour administration headed by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Male interviewer not identified. In 3 parts, with breaks in recording.

Contributors

Hugh Cudlipp

Keywords

Government; Labour Party; Harold Wilson; UK; Great Britain; Political leadership; Louis Mountbatten; Political coalitions; Cecil King; Hugh Cudlipp

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