Superpower summit in Moscow

Title

Superpower summit in Moscow

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

26 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:37

Description

John Alcock reports from Moscow on Soviet hopes for upcoming superpower summit with US President Ronald Reagan. On nuclear disarmament; offer of withdrawal of troops from East Germany if reciprocated in West Germany; and proposals for new Middle East peace talks. Includes interview with Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Petrovsky. From Update programme.

Contributors

John Alcock; Vladimir Petrovsky

Keywords

USA; Middle East; Treaties; Armed forces; USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear disarmament; Peacebuilding; Missiles; Ronald Reagan; Summits (meetings); Moscow; Germany FR; German DR; East West relations; Update (radio programme); Nuclear weapon testing

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