Healey visits USSR
- Title
- Healey visits USSR
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
- TX Date
- 13 May 1987
- Year of production
- 1987
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- Duration
- 00:03:57
- Description
- Report on visit of Shadow Foreign Secretary Denis Healey to the Soviet Union. Speaking to reporters at Heathrow Airport Healey says his claim the Soviets are praying for a Labour victory in the forthcoming General Election in Britain was a light-hearted comment; on Labour defence policy of nuclear disarmament; importance of UK to the USSR as a part of the EEC and NATO Western Alliance. Reporter not identified (poss. Paul Woodley).
- Contributors
- Denis Healey; Paul Woodley?
- Keywords
- Elections; Politics; Labour Party; UK; USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear disarmament; Defence policy; General elections
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