Reagan offers Soviet nuclear arms control talks

Title

Reagan offers Soviet nuclear arms control talks

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Jan 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:05:23

Description

Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s offer of talks with Soviet President Yuri Andropov over banning of medium range nuclear missiles in Western Europe, as a reinstatement of NATO’s zero option. Includes US Vice-President George H.W. Bush reading Reagan’s statement in West Berlin; Andrew Manderstam report on Washington reaction; comment from British MPs, Winston Churchill and Frank Allaun. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Frank Allaun; George H. W. Bush; Winston Churchill (b. 1940)

Keywords

USA; USSR; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; NATO; Arms race; Presidents; Defence policy; Europe; Missiles; Ronald Reagan; Yuri Andropov; Political leaders; International defence; East West relations

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