Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

25 Oct 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:24:06

Description

NATO have to decided to build up its nuclear defence arsenal, ahead of peace talks with the Soviet Union. At the Gleneagles NATO conference, Decision Makers talks to the people for and against disarmament and increasing the arsenal, and examines the issues. Speaking are: UK Defence Secretary, John Nott; Labour MP, Robin Cook; Conservative MP, Winston Churchill; US Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger; Bruce Kent, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND); Brynmor John MP. Presented by Peter Murphy. Engineer: Colin Clements.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Robin Cook; Brynmor John; Bruce Kent; Colin Clements; John Nott; Caspar Weinberger; Winston Churchill (b. 1940)

Keywords

Scotland; USSR; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; NATO; Arms race; Peacebuilding; Defence policy; CND; Summits (meetings); International defence; East West relations; Gleneagles

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