UK-USSR tit for tat expulsions and Labour talks with Argentines

Title

UK-USSR tit for tat expulsions and Labour talks with Argentines

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

17 Sep 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

Report on the decision of the British Government to expel six Soviet officials from London in retaliation for the deportation of 25 Britains from Moscow. Also examines the reaction of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s plans to hold talks with the Argentinian President over the Falkand Islands. Includes speech by Thatcher.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Deportation; Labour Party; UK; Great Britain; USSR; Espionage; Spies; Diplomats; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Sovereignty; Neil Kinnock; KGB

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