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USA-USSR summit ends in failure

Title
USA-USSR summit ends in failure
Genre
News report; Speech
TX Date
13 Oct 1986
Year of production
1986
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Duration
00:03:39
Description
Dave Loyn reports on talks between US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev following the failed end to the mini-summit. Includes speech by Gorbachev via an interpreter. Also includes speech by Reagan on how the USA will not give up the Star Wars nuclear shield or stop nuclear testing, and speech by Secretary of State George Shultz on how the President had no choice.
Contributors
Dave Loyn; Ronald Reagan; Mikhail Gorbachev; George Shultz
Keywords
USA; Peace; Human rights; USSR; International relations; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Diplomacy; Nuclear disarmament; Arms race; Defence policy; Nuclear warfare; Summits (meetings); Iceland; Nuclear testing; East West relations; Strategic Defense Initiative

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