Geneva summit talks

Title

Geneva summit talks

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

20 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:59

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports on first day of talks between US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Geneva Summit on arms reduction. Speaking are: White House spokesman Larry Speakes; Senator Jesse Jackson; Avital Sharansky (wife of Soviet dissendent, Natan Sharansky aka Anatoly Shcharansky).

Contributors

Avital Sharansky; Andrew Manderstam; Jesse Jackson; Larry Speakes

Keywords

USA; Geneva; Political prisoners; Human rights; Natan Sharansky; USSR; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Heads of state; Presidents; Switzerland; Summits (meetings); Political dissenters; Anatoly Shcharansky

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