Nikolai Shishlin on progress of Soviet-British talks

Title

Nikolai Shishlin on progress of Soviet-British talks

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:38

Description

Soviet official Nikolai Shishlin talks to David Owen about how Britain plays an important part in helping the Soviet Union carry out its sweeping reforms under perestroika, what will be in Gorbachev’s speech later today, whether there will be Britons in the Soviet space crew, whether perestroika would continue without Gorbachev, and what he would like to see come out of this visit to Britain.

Contributors

David Owen; Nikolai Shishlin

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; UK; USSR; International relations; State visits; Heads of state; Communism; Meetings; Mikhail Gorbachev

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