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Parliament debate espionage and unemployment

Title
Parliament debate espionage and unemployment
Genre
News report; Parliamentary debate
TX Date
9 Nov 1981
Year of production
1981
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Duration
00:03:08
Description
Report on Parliamentary debate after Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said there would be no public inquiry into the secret service after the confession of Leonard Henry (Leo) Long that he was a spy for the USSR. Speaking are: Labour MP Chris Price; Sir Michael Havers, Attorney General; Labour frontbencher John Morris. Also speaking in the Queen’s speech debate-new Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit on British Leyland; Eric Varley criticising Tebbit’s appointment. Male reporter not identified.
Further information
http://www.cf2r.org/fr/notes-historiques/in-his-defector-he-trusted-how-the-cia-counterintelligence-staff-broke-the-western-intelligence-community-for-ten-years-1962-1973.php
Contributors
Norman Tebbit; Eric Varley; Christopher Price; John Morris; Michael Havers
Keywords
Legal procedure; Labour relations; British Leyland; Unemployment; Car industry; Motor vehicle industry workers; Espionage; State security; Spies; Norman Tebbit; Intelligence service; Cabinet ministers; Security breaches; Political appointments; Competitiveness (business); Leo Long

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