LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Thatcher US visit

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:52

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s schedule for the first day of her official two day visit to the USA, including address to a joint session of Congress. With extracts from a breakfast television interview, in which she confirms the topics likely to be raised during her talks with President Ronald Reagan, including the economy , and also her support for the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) or Star Wars project.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Andrew Manderstam

Keywords

USA; Margaret Thatcher; Economics; Economic systems; Ronald Reagan; National defence; Strategic Defense Initiative

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