Neil Kinnock on his visit to the USA

Title

Neil Kinnock on his visit to the USA

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Feb 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:06:19

Description

Labour leader Neil Kinnock on his visit to the United States. In a meeting with US Secretary of State George Shultz about the matter of Central America, Kinnock had perceived all the ingredients for a dreadful tragedy of the same nature as Vietnam. The talks Kinnock had with President Ronald Reagan were on the question of nuclear armaments and the Middle East. Kinnock feels that Reagan was optimistic about improvements to the resolution of the West Bank issue. Some American politicians were surprised at Kinnock’s naivety about nuclear weapons. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher went to Moscow while Kinnock was away, for a mini-summit with Konstantin Chernenko, the new leader of the Soviet Union. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock

Keywords

USA; Middle East; Margaret Thatcher; USSR; Edward Kennedy; Nuclear weapons; Vietnam War (1945-1975); Arms control; North America; Nuclear warfare; Developing countries; Ronald Reagan; Konstantin Chernenko; Central America; Occupied territories; Meetings; Moscow; West Bank; East West relations; Washington DC; George Shultz; Economic and social development

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