Year’s events in defence

Title

Year’s events in defence

Genre

News report; Interview; Music

TX Date

2 Jan 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:12:40

Description

Defence correspondent Paul Maurice takes a look back over the defence events of 1984. Speaking are: Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine; Labour defence spokesman Denzil Davies; High Frontier political group leader, General Daniel Graham; Secretary General of NATO, Lord Carrington (Peter Carington). Short break in recording which starts and ends with the Star Wars theme music.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine; Peter Carington; Paul Maurice; Denzil Davies; Daniel Graham

Keywords

USA; Shipwrecks; UK; USSR; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Political corruption; Nuclear disarmament; NATO; Defence policy; CND; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Ronald Reagan; Anti-nuclear movements; Politicians; Warships; Konstantin Chernenko; Tam Dalyell; Political scandals; General Belgrano; Defence research; Strategic Defense Intitiative

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