Plans to increase US defence spending

Title

Plans to increase US defence spending

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:25

Description

Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s plan to increase the budget for strategic nuclear forces as leaked by the New York Times and on possible defeat over MX missiles in Congress. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; Budgets; Newspapers; USSR; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Arms race; Missiles; Government spending; Ronald Reagan; National defence; New York Times

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