UK reaction to INF treaty

Title

UK reaction to INF treaty

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

9 Dec 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:30

Description

Report on reaction to the treaty signing between the United States and the Soviet Union on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) disarmament at a summit in Washington DC; includes speech by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher; interview with Labour leader Neil Kinnock; Defence Secretary, George Younger. Reporter not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Neil Kinnock; George Younger; Mark Mardell?

Keywords

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

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