Mrs Thatcher explains the Khmer Rouge to British children

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http://bloodandtreasure.typepad.com/blood_treasure/2011/08/mrs-thatcher-explains-the-khmer-rouge-to-british-children.html

Seven minutes of commentary followed by Margaret Thatcher interviewed on Blue Peter (for non Brits: a staple of British children’s TV) in 1983 on the subject of Cambodia, in which she draws the distinction between good and bad Khmer Rouge for the kiddies. At that time, Britain was supporting the KR/Khmer monarchist guerrilla alliance against the government set up by the Vietnamese after their invasion in 1978. Via Eyes of the Pineapple. Jaw dropping now, but this kind of thing wasn't so unusual for the Beeb's children's output when I was growing up. It seemed to be quite common for kids telly to have politicians on to do the avuncular and promote the line of the day to the sprogs.