Thatcher on action after Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Title

Thatcher on action after Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:38

Description

Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on the controversial supply of EEC subsidised food such as butter and sugar to the Soviet Union, despite that country’s invasion of Afghanistan, and the need for international economic sanctions against the USSR. And on boycott of Moscow Olympic games and NATO defence decision.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Food supply; EEC; UK; Afghanistan; USSR; Military affairs; Economic sanctions; Olympic games; Europe; International trade; International cooperation; Moscow; International defence

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