Geoffrey Howe challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to reduce weapons

Title

Geoffrey Howe challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to reduce weapons

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

6 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:13

Description

Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe has challenged Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to scrap huge numbers of tanks, big guns and heavy armour. Speaking in Vienna on the eve of East-West talks on cutting conventional arms in Europe, Sir Geoffrey states that arms reduction is a priority. Michael O’Neill reports.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe; Michael O’Neill

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; USSR; International relations; Defence; Weapons; Nuclear weapons; NATO; Europe; Disarmament; Mikhail Gorbachev; Tanks

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