Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Speech

TX Date

Jan 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:24:22

Description

Decision Makers. Special report, by Peter Allen, on Western reaction to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Speeches by: US President, Jimmy Carter; UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Interviews with: Christoph van der Klaauw, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs; Sir John Stacey, Deputy Commander in Chief of Allied Forces in Europe; Frank Allaun MP; Joseph Luns, NATO Secretary General; Nikolai Lunkov, Soviet Ambassador to Britain; Adeed Dawisha, Royal Institute of International Affairs; Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary (Peter Carington); Hodding Carter III, US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; State Department spokesman. Reporter throughout John Greenwood.

Contributors

Jimmy Carter; Margaret Thatcher; Peter Allen; Frank Allaun; John Greenwood; Joseph Luns; Peter Carington; Christoph van der Klaauw; John Stacey; Nikolai Lunkov; Adeed Dawisha; Hodding Carter III; Richard Bath?

Keywords

USA; Politics; UK; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; Military affairs; NATO; East West relations

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