Martial law in Poland-US and European responses

Title

Martial law in Poland-US and European responses

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:06:33

Description

Interview with a male speaker (not identified - poss. Alec Douglas-Home, former UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary) about European and American responses to the announcement of martial law in Poland on 13 Dec 1981, claims of neutrality by Lord Carrington and what NATO should be saying to the USSR. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Alec Douglas-Home?

Keywords

USA; Revolutions; Politics; Trade unions; USSR; International relations; UN; Diplomacy; Foreign policy; Communism; Europe; Poland; Solidarity; Peter Carington; Ronald Reagan; Military government; Lord Carrington; East West relations

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