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+ | |birth_name=Leonard James Callaghan | ||
+ | |birth_place=Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom | ||
+ | |death_date=26 March 2005 | ||
+ | |death_place=Ringmer, East Sussex, United Kingdom | ||
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− | [[James Callaghan]] | + | [[James Callaghan]] was [[Leader of the Labour Party]] from 1976 to 1980 and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from 1976 to 1979.<ref>David McKie, ''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/mar/28/guardianobituaries.politics "Lord Callaghan"]'', The Guardian, 28 March 2005.</ref> |
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==Bilderberg== | ==Bilderberg== | ||
− | As is standard for a [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], | + | As is standard for a [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], Callaghan attended the [[Bilderberg]] group before being elected leader of his political party (in [[Bilderberg/1963|1963]]). |
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+ | ==Uranium from Namibia== | ||
+ | :"... nevertheless, in keeping with the spirit of these ([[United Nations|UN]]) resolutions, we have decided to give no further promotional support for trade with [[Namibia]]..." | ||
+ | :James Callaghan, Foreign Secretary, House of Commons, December 1974 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''The Rossing File'' awaits the answer to this question: | ||
+ | :Why was it that Mr Callaghan as Foreign Secretary, following talks with representatives of [[SWAPO]] in Lusaka during January 1975, gave a false impression to members of the Labour Cabinet that Namibia's "sole authentic representative" had no objection to the [[Rössing Uranium Mine]] contracts being continued? | ||
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+ | Records of that discussion confirm that the SWAPO representatives present gave no such indication.<ref>[[Document:The Rossing File:The Inside Story of Britain's Secret Contract for Namibian Uranium]]</ref> | ||
{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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Born | Leonard James Callaghan 27 March 1912 Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 March 2005 (Age 92) Ringmer, East Sussex, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parents | James Callaghan Charlotte Cundy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | • Margaret • Julie Michael | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Audrey Moulton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Königswinter/Speakers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attended the 12th Bilderberg in 1963. Later picked as head of the UK labour party. PM for 3 years in the late 1970s
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James Callaghan was Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979.[1]
Contents
Bilderberg
As is standard for a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Callaghan attended the Bilderberg group before being elected leader of his political party (in 1963).
Uranium from Namibia
- "... nevertheless, in keeping with the spirit of these (UN) resolutions, we have decided to give no further promotional support for trade with Namibia..."
- James Callaghan, Foreign Secretary, House of Commons, December 1974
The Rossing File awaits the answer to this question:
- Why was it that Mr Callaghan as Foreign Secretary, following talks with representatives of SWAPO in Lusaka during January 1975, gave a false impression to members of the Labour Cabinet that Namibia's "sole authentic representative" had no objection to the Rössing Uranium Mine contracts being continued?
Records of that discussion confirm that the SWAPO representatives present gave no such indication.[2]
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/1963 | 29 March 1963 | 31 March 1963 | France Cannes Hotel Martinez | The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France. |
Related Documents
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Lockerbie Bombing and my Reinstatement in HM Diplomatic Service | letter | 29 January 1997 | Patrick Haseldine | Former diplomat Patrick Haseldine writes to former Prime Minister James Callaghan |
Document:Reinstatement in HM Diplomatic Service | Letter | 6 January 1997 | Patrick Haseldine | A plea for reinstatement in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by "Thatcher's Whitehall Critic" |
Document:The Rossing File:The Inside Story of Britain's Secret Contract for Namibian Uranium | pamphlet | 1980 | Alun Roberts | Scandal in the 1970s and 1980s of collusion by successive British governments with the mining conglomerate Rio Tinto to import yellowcake from the Rössing Uranium Mine in Namibia (illegally occupied by apartheid South Africa) in defiance of international law, and leading to the targeting of UN Commissioner for Namibia Bernt Carlsson on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. |
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References
- ↑ David McKie, "Lord Callaghan", The Guardian, 28 March 2005.
- ↑ Document:The Rossing File:The Inside Story of Britain's Secret Contract for Namibian Uranium