Michael Heseltine anti-CND and unilateral nuclear disarmament speech

Title

Michael Heseltine anti-CND and unilateral nuclear disarmament speech

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:26

Description

Report on Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s speech against CND and unilateral nuclear disarmament, addressed to the South East Area of the Women’s Conservative Association. Includes extracts of the speech, with Heseltine on Government policy for a nuclear deterrent in Europe against Soviet aggression. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Allen).

Contributors

Michael Heseltine; Peter Allen?

Keywords

Government; UK; Conservative Party; USSR; Speeches; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear disarmament; Europe; CND; Anti-nuclear movements; Unilateral disarmament; Women’s Conservative Association

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