Major on demise of communism

Title

Major on demise of communism

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:05:27

Description

Nicky Broyd interviews UK Prime Minister John Major at his home in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire on the collapse of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union, the future for the Soviet Union states and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and future UK relationship with them. Also comments on Mrs Raisa Gorbachev’s health as reported by Gorbachev in a phone call to Major. Exclusive interview for LBC.

Contributors

John Major; Nicky Broyd

Keywords

UK; Great Britain; USSR; International relations; Political reform; Heads of state; Communism; Foreign aid; Political leaders; Communist parties; Huntingdon; Mikhail Gorbachev; Raisa Gorbachev; Political crises

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