Heseltine meets Weinberger for defence talks

Title

Heseltine meets Weinberger for defence talks

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

14 Sep 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:09

Description

Report on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine visiting US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger at the Pentagon to discuss deployment of Cruise nuclear missiles in Britain, Geneva arms talks, and Lebanon peacekeeping. Follows Soviet shooting down of Korean airliner. With comment from Heseltine. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine

Keywords

USA; Air accidents; UK; USSR; Military affairs; Aeroplanes; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Lebanon; Beirut; Nuclear disarmament; Peacekeeping; Missiles; Warships; Meetings; Civil aircraft; Korea; East West relations; Caspar Weinberger

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