Margaret Thatcher on German reunification

Title

Margaret Thatcher on German reunification

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

14 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:34

Description

Des Fahy reports on Margaret Thatcher’s speech (excerpts heard) to the Lord Mayor’s banquet last night on re-unification of Germany and its ramifications for leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. She calls for everyone to slow down the pace of change and comments on the changes across Eastern Europe. A summit in Paris of EEC leaders has been called to look at the re-unification issue. Break in recording. For Brian Widlake show.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Des Fahy

Keywords

EEC; USSR; Germany; Political reform; Eastern Europe; Mikhail Gorbachev; Germany FR; German DR

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