George Bush on nuclear weapons

Title

George Bush on nuclear weapons

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

31 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:46

Description

Let Europe be whole and free: the bold declaration of US President George Bush, and the challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev’s Soviet Union. In his major policy speech in West Germany, close on the heels of his major arms initiative at the NATO summit, the President once more called for the destruction of the Berlin Wall, the reconciliation of East and West. Bush, riding high on the back of praiseworthy headlines throughout the Western world for his achievements at the NATO summit, sought to underline his new confidence. Political correspondent Peter Spencer expands on what the President had to say.

Contributors

Peter Spencer; George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; UK; USSR; International relations; Defence; Political reform; Nuclear disarmament; Europe; Disarmament; Reunification; East West relations; Berlin Wall

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