Margaret Thatcher on Gorbachev’s visit

Title

Margaret Thatcher on Gorbachev’s visit

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:06:40

Description

Political correspondent Peter Murphy interviews Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher on the success of the talks with Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev, how it will become part of a regular pattern of visits, how far the USSR is coming towards accepting freedom of choice and human rights, whether the Cold War is over, the invitations to her and the Queen to visit the USSR, and the talks on nuclear weapons.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy

Keywords

Human rights; UK; USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Cold War; State visits; Defence policy; Europe; Mikhail Gorbachev; Queen Elizebeth II

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