Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
- Title
- Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1990
- Play audio
- To listen to the audio files, please log in.
- Duration
- 00:01:54
- Description
- As a result of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), military hardware including tanks and fighter aircraft will be scrapped. In a speech, US President George Bush asks Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to look at what he is up against, now that three world powers have signed a treaty on arms control. UK Foreign Secretary Sir Douglas Hurd says it ends a very dangerous chapter in our lives. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Douglas Hurd; George H. W. Bush
- Keywords
- USA; Treaties; UK; USSR; International relations; Defence; Arms control; Disarmament; Iraq; Saddam Hussein; CFE
The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 221 times.