Thatcher and Kohl hold talks on nuclear weapons

Title

Thatcher and Kohl hold talks on nuclear weapons

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

30 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:03:22

Description

Peter Spencer reports on talks between UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and West German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl on short-range nuclear weapons. Kohl, speaking via a translator, talks about how the discussions have gone and how the NATO summit on nuclear weapons could go. Thatcher talks about flexible response and NATO’s views on nuclear weapons.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Helmut Kohl

Keywords

UK; International relations; International politics; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; NATO; Germany FR; International defence

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.