Brezhnev announces force reduction in E Germany

Title
Brezhnev announces force reduction in E Germany
Genre
Interview
TX Date
8 Oct 1979
Year of production
1979
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Duration
00:00:29
Description
Interview with a male speaker (not identified) about an announcement by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in East Berlin that the USSR would withdraw up to 20,000 of its troops and 1,000 tanks from East Germany during the next 12 months. He also offered to reduce the number of nuclear medium-range rockets in the Soviet arsenal aimed at Western Europe if the North Atlantic Alliance refrains from any new deployment of similar U.S. rockets in Western Europe. Male interviewer not identified.
Contributors
None Identified
Keywords
USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; NATO; Heads of state; Leonid Brezhnev; Disarmament; Germany FR; German DR; President

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