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Interview with John Hume by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 31 October 1993

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Transcript of an interview with John Hume, leader of the SDLP, by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 31 October 1993. On 23 October an IRA bomb killed ten people and injured 57 when it exploded on the Shankill Road, Belfast. Seven days later the UFF, an alternative name for the UDA, killed seven people in an attack on a bar in Greysteel, Co. Derry/Londonderry. Hume reacts to this upsurge in political violence and discusses the British and Irish governments' responses to the proposals from the Hume-Adams talks. On the Record was BBC's flagship political programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 31 October 1993

Name of First Interviewee: John Hume

Role at time of Interview: Leader of the SDLP

Interviewer: John Humphrys

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC On the Record

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC On the Record

Time Period covered: 1993

Key Individuals: John Hume, John Major, Gerry Adams, Albert Reynolds

Key Words: Hume-Adams talks, Shankill Road bombing, Greysteel killings, SDLP, security, policing, IRA, loyalist paramilitary

 

 

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