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Interview with Margaret Thatcher by Julian Haviland for ITN on 8 December 1980

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Transcript of an interview with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, by Julian Haviland for ITN on 8 December 1980. On that date Margaret Thatcher and a British delegation travelled to Dublin for a summit with Charles Haughey and Irish government representatives to discuss the possibility of co-operation on a number of issues. In this interview, Thatcher assesses the mutual benefit of the day's talks.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 December 1980

Name of First Interviewee: Margaret Thatcher

Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Interviewer: Julian Haviland

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2012 and ITN

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: ITN News

Time Period covered: 1980

Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Charles Haughey

Key Words: East-West relations, hunger-strike, IRA, Haughey-Thatcher summit, totality of relationships

 

 

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