US hearing on El Salvador

Title

US hearing on El Salvador

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

3 Feb 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Report on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on El Salvador as the guerilla war there intensifies and US plans to send military aid, and on other issues including a grain embargo on the USSR. US Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Democratic Congressman Tom Harkin give evidence. Andrew Manderstam? reports.

Contributors

Alexander Haig; Andrew Manderstam?; Tom Harkin

Keywords

USA; Nicaragua; Armed forces; Cuba; USSR; El Salvador; Military affairs; Economic sanctions; Cold War; Foreign policy; Guerilla warfare; Communism; Foreign aid; Committees; Central America; International defence; East West relations

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