US-Soviet arms talks

Title

US-Soviet arms talks

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Mar 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:03

Description

Report on reaction following talks in Moscow between US Secretary of State George Shultz and USSR leaders on arms agreements. Includes US President Ronald Reagan speaking to press on his spring break; Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger using a speech to a Naval Association in Washington to express his cynical and cautious view; interview on US television with USSR foreign ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov who is cautiously optimistic. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Caspar Weinberger; Ronald Reagan; Gennadi Gerasimov

Keywords

USA; USSR; International relations; Defence; Arms control; NATO; Political leaders; Nuclear testing; Moscow; Chemical weapons; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations; Glasnost; George Shultz

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