US reaction to Korean airliner attack

Title

US reaction to Korean airliner attack

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:11

Description

Report on US reaction to the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet jet interceptors, killing all 269 people on board. Speakers are US State Department spokesman John Hughes; US President Ronald Reagan; former high-ranking Soviet diplomat Arkady Shevchenko; unidentified male and female Americans. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan; John Hughes; Arkady Shevchenko

Keywords

USA; Civil aviation; Deaths; USSR; International relations; Homicide; Aeroplanes; Aviation; Civil aircraft; Civilians; East West relations; South Korea; Korean Air Lines

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