Mikhail Gorbachev at START 1 Moscow summit

Title

Mikhail Gorbachev at START 1 Moscow summit

Genre

Speech

TX Date

31 Jul 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:27

Description

Speech (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, on moving towards peace and a new world order, at the Moscow Summit, following the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) 1 with US President George H. W. Bush, intended to scale down the long-range nuclear arsenals of the two countries.

Contributors

Mikhail Gorbachev

Keywords

USA; Treaties; Politics; USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Heads of state; Presidents; Summits (meetings); Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations; George H. W. Bush; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 1) (1991)

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