Hurd on Soviet collapse

Title

Hurd on Soviet collapse

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:23

Description

Interview with UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, prior to a meeting of fellow European ministers in Brussels today, where he’ll argue that the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia must be recognized and that they are no longer part of the Soviet Union. He says the collapse of the Soviet Union is thoroughly good news. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd

Keywords

USSR; Political systems; Political reform; Communism; Europe; Independence; Communist parties; Brussels; Latvia; EC; Lithuania; Baltic States; Estonia

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