Margaret Thatcher defends deployment of cruise missiles

Title

Margaret Thatcher defends deployment of cruise missiles

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:17

Description

Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Guildhall speech justifying the planned deployment of US cruise missiles at the RAF Greenham Common airbase as part of the NATO deterrent against the Soviet Union. Includes extracts of speech. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

USA; UK; British; USSR; Prime ministers; Speeches; Nuclear weapons; NATO; Missiles; Greenham Common; Guildhall; Military bases

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