Czech Communist Party leadership resigns

Title

Czech Communist Party leadership resigns

Genre

News report; Interview; News bulletin

TX Date

25 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:49

Description

8.00 news bulletin with Sarah Ward focusing on the resignation of the leadership of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia and the election of the new Party leader, Karel Urbanek. Includes eyewitness report from Prague by Nicky Broyd, with crowd noise; interview with UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Broadcast on LBC Crown FM. In two parts.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Nicky Broyd; Sarah Ward

Keywords

Revolutions; Politics; Political protests; Demonstrations; Political leadership; Communist Party; Political parties; Czechoslovakia; Resignation (political); Prague; Karel Urbanek

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