Macmillan 1961 UN speech on disarmament

Title

Macmillan 1961 UN speech on disarmament

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:08:17

Description

United Nations speech made on 14/01/61 by then UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on the need to reach agreement over arms inspection and control, despite opposition from countries including the Soviet Union, in order to make progress on disarmament. Includes brief interruption by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

Contributors

Harold Macmillan; Nikita Khrushchev

Keywords

USSR; UN; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Defence policy; National defence; Disarmament; East West relations

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