Brezhnev-Giscard d’Estaing meeting

Title

Brezhnev-Giscard d’Estaing meeting

Genre

News report

TX Date

19 May 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:01:29

Description

Report on a meeting in Wilanow in Poland between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing for talks on the situation in Afghanistan and the international boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic games as a result of the Soviet invasion. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Sports competitions; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; France; Military affairs; Olympic games; Heads of state; Presidents; Poland; Meetings; Valery Giscard d’Estaing; Leonid Brezhnev; East West relations; Warsaw

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