Gerald Kaufman on NATO nuclear weapons decision

Title

Gerald Kaufman on NATO nuclear weapons decision

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Labour’s foreign affairs spokesman Gerald Kaufman discusses the NATO decision to make nuclear weapons a last resort and believes this is a major defeat for UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whom he describes as a prime minister of the past. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been invited to address NATO leaders and US President George Bush. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Gerald Kaufman

Keywords

London; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Political leadership; Prime ministers; Nuclear weapons; Cold War; Nuclear disarmament; NATO; Presidents; Defence policy; Summits (meetings); International defence; Lancaster House

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