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    Caribbean Report 13-02-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-02-13) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Pursue, Eugene (interviewee); Basdeo, Sahadeo (interviewee); Balintulo, Marcus (interviewee); Bazin, Marc Louis (interviewee); Morris, Bill (interviewee); Hart, Richard (interviewee); Gray, Annemarie (interviewer); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    As the war in the Gulf enters its 4th week, Caribbean Diplomats believe that it is time for the General Assembly to assess the situation. However, Dr. Sahadeo Basdeo of Trinidad and Tobago maintains that CARICOM’s position to support the war was a principled one. Commonwealth Foreign Ministers will be meeting in London to review the parliamentary speech by South Africa’s President, F.W. DeKlerk who promised to abolish the remaining apartheid laws. The appointment of the new Haitian Prime Minister, René Garcia Préval should be ratified on Thursday. The Deputy Secretary General of Britain’s powerful Transport and General Workers Union is tipped to take over the Union’s leadership when the President retires next year. It is reported that Jamaican born, Jim Williams who was the first black Lord Major to be installed in Bristol last year, has been kicked out of his seat because he is not left enough.