Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Remarks on the Berlin Wall

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Reichstag, Berlin
Source:
Editorial comments:

Around 1445? BBC indexes show that the BBC has film of MT looking at the wall through binoculars and saying "we’re going to have sure enough defence for anyone who wants to cross that wall". ITN indexes record the scene moments before: MT was sitting at a window looking at the Wall; seeing border guards she called out "Has anybody got a pair of binoculars? Can we look at them?".

Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: nil
Themes: Foreign policy (USSR & successor states)