LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Yuri Orlov meets Thatcher

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Mar 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:49

Description

Interview with Soviet dissident, Yuri Orlov (through interpreter), following his meeting with UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, at Downing Street, London, prior to her visit to meet Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow. On issues they discussed - human rights, open frontiers, East-West relations and particular human rights cases. Also his views on future political reform in the USSR. Male reporter and translator not identified.

Contributors

Yuri Orlov

Keywords

Human rights; UK; USSR; International relations; Political reform; Arms control; Political dissenters; Yuri Orlov; Mikhail Gorbachev; Physicists

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