Margaret Thatcher visits USA

Title

Margaret Thatcher visits USA

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:10

Description

Coverage of UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to the USA. During television interviews on CBS (with Forrest Sawyer) and ABC (with Kathleen Sullivan) she speaks about USSR-USA relations and stalled arms control talks; gaining US support for her peace conference on the Middle East; and her personal attitude to the Royal Family. Washington correspondent Andrew Manderstam on Thatcher’s schedule and the visit putting a shine on the last days of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. Female reporter not identified. Ends abruptly.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106913 ; http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106669

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Andrew Manderstam; ABC; CBS; Forrest Sawyer; Kathleen Sullivan

Keywords

USA; Middle East; Margaret Thatcher; USSR; International relations; Conferences; Arms control; Royal family; Presidents; Peacebuilding; Ronald Reagan; East West relations

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