Operation Lionheart military exercise

Title

Operation Lionheart military exercise

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:01:38

Description

Paul Maurice interviews UK Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe on Operation Lionheart, a military exercise in West Germany aimed to test the NATO armed forces’ ability to withstand a chemical attack. He confirms the policy of working towards disarmament and says NATO is not developing or planning to use chemical weapons.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe; Paul Maurice

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; Great Britain; Defence; Military training; NATO; Military exercises; Disarmament; Chemical weapons; Germany FR; Bernard Rogers

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