Reagan misses DC meeting

Title

Reagan misses DC meeting

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

26 Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:36

Description

Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s health after he was forced to miss the first meeting of the International Democratic Union in Washington, DC following surgery for colon cancer. Speaking are Vice-President George H W Bush; UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Reagan and political change in the Soviet Union.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; Health; Surgery; UK; USSR; Cancer; Political reform; Presidents; Ronald Reagan; Meetings; Skin cancer; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations

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