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Interview with Margaret Thatcher for ITN on 1 December 1979

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Video interview with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, for ITN on 1 December 1979. On 27 August the Provisional IRA detonated two roadside bombs in attacks on the British Army near Warrenpoint, Co. Down. Eighteen British soldiers were killed and six injured. Return fire from British troops at the scene killed one civilian across the border. Margaret Thatcher visited surviving members of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment later that year. In this interview she discusses troop morale and suggestions of tension between the British political and military personnel in Northern Ireland.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 1 December 1979

Name of First Interviewee: Margaret Thatcher

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

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 1979

Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher

Key Words: British Army, British government, Warrenpoint massacre

 

 

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