Julian Manyon on plot to assassinate Pope

Title

Julian Manyon on plot to assassinate Pope

Genre

Interview

TX Date

4 Sep 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:05:45

Description

Reporter Julian Manyon on the plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II which he says was related to the Pope’s link to the Polish trade union Solidarity. With references to Solidarity founder Anna Walentynowicz, the Vatican, the involvement of the Soviet Union, and would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca. Interview follows the Thames TV programme, TV Eye. Male interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.

Contributors

Julian Manyon

Keywords

Popes; Vatican; Pope John Paul II; Trade unions; Crime; USSR; Homicide; Television programmes; Thames Television; KGB; Mehmet Ali Agca; TV Eye; Solidarity (organisation); Anna Walentynowicz

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