Thatcher opposes Commonwealth over South African sanctions
- Title
- Thatcher opposes Commonwealth over South African sanctions
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 26 Oct 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:04:07
- Description
- Political editor Peter Murphy interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Kuala Lumpur following her rebel stand at the Commonwealth conference in Malaysia, where she issued a statement opposing economic sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa and in breach of the official communique. Thatcher defends her actions and denounces the reaction of the other heads of government, including Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy
- Keywords
- South Africa; Robert Mugabe; Apartheid; International relations; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Commonwealth of Nations; Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur
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