Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - international response

Title

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - international response

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:04:07

Description

Report on international reaction to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and on a call by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for the withdrawal of troops- female reporter not identified. Also includes reports by Andrew Manderstam in Washington and Martin Ransom in Paris.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Martin Ransom

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; France; Military affairs; UN; Prime ministers; East West relations

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