Returning Briton on Grenada military coup

Title

Returning Briton on Grenada military coup

Genre

Interview

TX Date

10 Nov 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:35

Description

Interview with a British businessman on his return from Grenada following the coup, on the riots the day Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was killed, US military preparations at Barbados airport, pre-coup military forces on the island and fears of the agriculture minister, who has since disappeared. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; Revolutions; Armed forces; Grenada; Military affairs; Riots; Missing persons; Prime ministers; Executions; Cabinet ministers; Military government; Barbados; Maurice Bishop

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