Margaret Thatcher dismisses Gorbachev’s nuclear plans

Title

Margaret Thatcher dismisses Gorbachev’s nuclear plans

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:34

Description

Report by Elena Curti on Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher dismissing Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev’s calls (whilst in Britain, early April 1989) for a halt to modernising nuclear weapons.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Elena Curti

Keywords

UK; USSR; International relations; Speeches; Nuclear weapons; State visits; Nuclear disarmament; Heads of state; Disarmament; Mikhail Gorbachev

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