Moscow superpower summit ends

Title

Moscow superpower summit ends

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

31 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

John Alcock reports on the end of the superpower summit in Moscow. Includes excerpt of speech by US President Ronald Reagan at a state banquet he held for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev; Foreign Affairs spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov on his claims Reagan entertained a former Nazi war criminal; Soviet negotiator Georgi Arbatov on summit’s achievements; White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater on Reagan’s poor health.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan; Gennadi Gerasimov; John Alcock; Georgi Arbatov; Marlin Fitzwater

Keywords

USA; Treaties; Human rights; Health; USSR; International relations; Nazis; War crimes; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Second World War (1939-1945); Summits (meetings); Political dissidents; Nuclear testing; Moscow; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations; Ill health

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