Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:19:57

Description

Decision Makers. Looking at the prosecution under the Official Secrets Act of civil servant Clive Ponting, who was accused of leaking government secrets about the sinking of the Belgrano warship durung the Falklands War. Speakers include: Chris Smith, Bill Deedes, John Ward, Robin Squire, Gerry Bermingham, David Madel, Des Wilson. Engineer: Dave Dawson. Special voice-overs by Bob Holness and Des Fahy.

Contributors

Bob Holness; Robin Squire; Bill Deedes; Des Wilson; Chris Smith; John Ward; David Madel; Des Fahy; Gerry Bermingham

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Right to information; Civil servants; State security; Trials; Falklands War (1982); Warships; Clive Ponting; Wars (events); Official Secrets Act; General Belgrano

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