Tension growing in Lithuania

Title

Tension growing in Lithuania

Genre

News report

TX Date

15 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:56

Description

Sue Jameson reports from Lithuania where tension is growing over fears of a military coup. The roads are blocked off around the Lithuanian Parliament and President Landsbergis has information that an air attack is the most likely. After Soviet troops fired into crowds, the Lithuanian Government has dropped its human wall defence. Neighbouring Latvia and Estonia fear they are under threat.

Contributors

Sue Jameson

Keywords

Politics; Parliament; USSR; Independence movements; Latvia; Lithuania; Baltic States; Vytautas Landsbergis; Estonia

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