Closing of the Moscow summit

Title

Closing of the Moscow summit

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

1 Jun 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:04:28

Description

End of the superpower summit in Moscow which has had little concrete outcomes as a START treaty on nuclear weapons was not concluded. US President Ronald Reagan sums up the achievements in a speech to press. Reagan now flies to London to brief UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the talks. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev speaks to press (through interpreter). Andrew Manderstam and John Alcock report.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Ronald Reagan; Mikhail Gorbachev; John Alcock

Keywords

USA; Treaties; London; Margaret Thatcher; USSR; International relations; Political reform; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Summits (meetings); Nuclear testing; Moscow; East West relations

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