| Level | Item |
| Ref No | OBS/6/2/2/1/2/1 |
| Title | Telex reports |
| Date | December 1979 - December 1985 |
| Extent | 3 files |
| Creator Name | The Observer Limited |
| Mather; Ian; journalist |
| Description | Telex reports and typescript and carbon copy drafts of articles written by Ian Mather on a wide range of issues.
Subjects covered include: the Falklands War; efforts towards securing independence for Belize and civil unrest caused by paramilitary groups such as BAM (Belize Action Movement); mennonites living in Belize; Mossad and the murder of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany; events in Iran such as the downfall of President Bani Sadr, the hijacking of a Kuwaiti plane in Tehran, the American hostage crisis where 52 Americans were held in the American Embassy in Tehran, and the Iran-Iraq War, 1980; arms control, including descriptions of weapons, talks between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom; famine in Ethiopia; the IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton; the European Economic Community, the Common Market and the Common Agricultural Policy; events relating to Libya, including the murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy in London. |
| System Of Arrangement | Material arranged chronologically |
| Access Status | Open |
| Related Material |
Additional material relating to Iran at Iran research files OBS/6/2/2/1/1/1; additional material relating to arms control at Arms control research files at OBS/6/2/2/1/1/2; additional material relating to the Falklands War at Falklands War research files at OBS/6/2/2/1/1/3, Falklands War OBS/6/2/2/1/3 and Correspondence at OBS/6/2/2/1/4. |
| Format | Typescript |
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| Code | Set |
| NA217 | Falkland Islands/South America |
| NA251 | Belize/North and Central America |
| NA15 | Germany/Europe |
| NA307 | Kuwait/Asia |
| NA117 | Iran/Asia |
| NA115 | Iraq/Asia |
| NA8 | United States/North and Central America |
| NA262 | Ethiopia/Africa |