British position on South Africa

Title

British position on South Africa

Genre

Interview

TX Date

25 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:54

Description

Political editor Peter Murphy interviews Foreign Secretary John Major in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia following Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s separate statement on South Africa, subsequent to the agreed Commonwealth conference document. Major sets out the British position of dismantling apartheid without damaging the South African people or economy through sanctions.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; John Major

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Great Britain; Apartheid; International relations; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Commonwealth of Nations; Black African peoples; Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur

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