CNN report from INF treaty signing

Title

CNN report from INF treaty signing

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

8 Dec 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:51:39

Description

CNN TV report from the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) treaty on reducing nuclear weapons at the White House in Washington DC by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev and US President, Ronald Reagan; includes speeches by both leaders (translation to and from Russian). Reporters on the scene include Bernard Shaw and Charles Bierbauer; Ralph Begleiter Foreign Affairs correspondent form the State Department; and Peter Arnett in Moscow. Sound is tinny and breaks up in places. Ends abruptly.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan; CNN; Mikhail Gorbachev; Bernard Shaw; John Holliman?; Gene Randall; Charles Bierbauer; Ralph Begleiter; Peter Arnett

Keywords

USA; Treaties; USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Ronald Reagan; Ceremonies; Summits (meetings); Washington; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations; INF; Nonproliferation treaties; CNN

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