Soviet nuclear freeze offer

Title

Soviet nuclear freeze offer

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:01:40

Description

Report on a speech at a congress of trade unionists by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (on 17/03/82) announcing a nuclear weapons freeze offer to the USA and calling for the limiting of nuclear weapons in Europe, and halting of the deployment of missiles capable of hitting the Soviet Union. Male American reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; USSR; Speeches; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Defence policy; Europe; Missiles; Leonid Brezhnev; East West relations

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