LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Ronald Reagan will not attend Andropov’s funeral

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Feb 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:41

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s decision not to attend Soviet leader Yuri Andropov’s funeral. Reagan is ending a holiday at his ranch near Santa Barbara in California and is due to return to Washington tomorrow. His political advisers urged him to fly to Moscow as a conciliatory move, but it was decided that Vice-President George Bush would go instead. Former US Secretary of State, General Alexander Haig says the decision is the right one. US Secretary of State, George Shultz hopes the two sides can resume talks on arms control soon.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Alexander Haig; George Shultz

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Death; USSR; International relations; Funerals; Presidents; Ronald Reagan; Politicians; Yuri Andropov; Political leaders; East West relations; George H.W. Bush

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