Iceland summit ends in failure

Title

Iceland summit ends in failure

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

13 Oct 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:37

Description

Dave Loyn reports on the mini-summit held by US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, after the event. Includes speech by Gorbachev via an interpreter. Also a speech by Ronald Reagan on how the USA will not give up the Star Wars nuclear shield or stop nuclear testing, and a speech by Secretary of State, George Shultz on how Regan 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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