Commonwealth conference action on South Africa

Title

Commonwealth conference action on South Africa

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:04:35

Description

Report on the outcome of the Commonwealth Conference in the Bahamas in 10/85 as regards action against South Africa’s apartheid regime with UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher refusing to agree to economic sanctions and planning a peace mission instead. Includes excerpts from press statement by Thatcher. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; UK; Great Britain; Apartheid; International relations; Political systems; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Anti-apartheid movements; Commonwealth of Nations; Diplomacy; The Bahamas

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