Ronald Reagan on Thatcher and USSR

Title

Ronald Reagan on Thatcher and USSR

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

5 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:50

Description

Claire Harris reports on former US President Ronald Reagan’s speech at Cambridge University (excerpts heard) on his special relationship with Margaret Thatcher and how she first alerted him to the danger of Soviet missiles; and his calls to help Eastern Europe after the end of the Cold War. Originally on CNFM.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan; Claire Harris; CNFM

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; USSR; Political leadership; Political reform; Prime ministers; Cold War; Presidents; Missiles; Civil and political rights; Foreign aid; Eastern Europe; Cambridge University; Cambridge; Economic reform

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