NATO defence summit

Title

NATO defence summit

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:09:29

Description

Victor Stevens(?) reports from Brussels on a meeting of the NATO Defence Planning Committee. Includes Joseph Luns, NATO Secretary-General, announcing plans for upgrading nuclear weapons which will take 3 years and describing build-up of capabilities by the USSR that forced them to take action. Second clip an interview with NATO’s Assistant Secretary-General for Defence Planning and Policy William Munford? on the meeting and decisions and need to increase defence expenditure.

Contributors

Victor Stevens(?); Joseph Luns; William Munford?

Keywords

USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; NATO; Arms race; Defence policy; Summits (meetings); International defence

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