Margaret Thatcher on Soviet troop reductions

Title

Margaret Thatcher on Soviet troop reductions

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:39

Description

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher welcomes Mikhail Gorbachev’s announcement at the UN in New York that he is cutting 500,000 troops from the Red Army. She also comments on the Armenian earthquake, which is thought to have killed tens of thousands. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Earthquakes; Armed forces; UK; USSR; International relations; UN; Natural disasters; Red Army; Mikhail Gorbachev; Armenia; Spitak earthquake (1988)

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