Merlyn Rees on Menwith Hill allegations
- Title
- Merlyn Rees on Menwith Hill allegations
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Jul 1980
- Year of production
- 1980
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- Duration
- 00:03:43
- Description
- Former home secretary Merlyn Rees denies any knowledge of CIA telephone tapping at the Menwith Hill RAF base in Yorkshire, following revelations in New Statesman magazine in an article by Duncan Campbell and Linda Melvern (17/07/80). Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Spencer?).
- Contributors
- Merlyn Rees; Peter Spencer?
- Keywords
- USA; Internal politics; Labour Party; Yorkshire; New Statesman; Periodicals; Espionage; Spies; CIA; Telecommunications; Magazines; Menwith Hill
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