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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