Thatcher & the Failed Coup
3 Investigates:
Thatcher and the Failed Coup
24th January, 2004
BBC Television
The most comprehensive examination so far of the March 2004 attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea by mercenary leader Simon Mann and others.
The team travelled to South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Washington DC, interviewing former intelligence officers, top-ranking US senators, diplomats, men who were approached to join the operation, relatives of the jailed mercenaries and Africa insiders. The film also contains a rare interview with Nick Du Toit in jail in Malabo.
The film exposes the lobbying operation in Washington DC which aimed to make president-in-exile Severo Moto the acceptable new leader of Equatorial Guinea ...
Reporter: Alex Millar
Producer: Adrian Gatton
Associate Producer: Paul Lashmar
Director: Karen Walsh
Executive Producer: Malcolm Brinkworth
Transcripts
On 8th February, 2005, Thatcher and the Coup That Failed was re-broadcast by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in their flagship Special Assignment series. A transcript of the programme is available here.
See related story in The Guardian US link uncovered in Thatcher's coup plot role.
Thatcher and the Failed Coup
24th January, 2004
BBC Television
The most comprehensive examination so far of the March 2004 attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea by mercenary leader Simon Mann and others.
The team travelled to South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Washington DC, interviewing former intelligence officers, top-ranking US senators, diplomats, men who were approached to join the operation, relatives of the jailed mercenaries and Africa insiders. The film also contains a rare interview with Nick Du Toit in jail in Malabo.
The film exposes the lobbying operation in Washington DC which aimed to make president-in-exile Severo Moto the acceptable new leader of Equatorial Guinea ...
Reporter: Alex Millar
Producer: Adrian Gatton
Associate Producer: Paul Lashmar
Director: Karen Walsh
Executive Producer: Malcolm Brinkworth
Transcripts
On 8th February, 2005, Thatcher and the Coup That Failed was re-broadcast by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in their flagship Special Assignment series. A transcript of the programme is available here.
See related story in The Guardian US link uncovered in Thatcher's coup plot role.
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