Gorbachev in USA for summit

Title

Gorbachev in USA for summit

Genre

News report; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

31 May 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:05

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington on the visit of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for a 3 day summit and his comments in Canada prior to his arrival criticising the USA attitude to unity in Germany and independence for Lithuania- these issues and arms control will be discussed at the summit. Includes speeches by Gorbachev (through interpreter) and US Secretary of State James Baker; vox pop with crowds caught up in his arrival in Washington.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Mikhail Gorbachev; James Baker

Keywords

Politics; USSR; International relations; Germany; Political reform; Arms control; Summits (meetings); Mikhail Gorbachev; Germany FR; German DR; Lithuania

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