Margaret Thatcher visits Moscow

Title

Margaret Thatcher visits Moscow

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

28 Mar 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:36

Description

Report on the state visit of UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to the Soviet Union. Includes impromptu in-flight press conference by Thatcher prior to arrival in Moscow previewing her visit and paying tribute to political changes already made. Music welcoming her to Moscow heard. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy?

Keywords

Human rights; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Great Britain; USSR; Prime ministers; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; State visits; Foreign policy; Moscow; Mikhail Gorbachev; Nuclear disarmaments

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