LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Mikhail Gorbachev & Margaret Thatcher - Talks

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

6 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:37

Description

Peter Murphy reports on discussions between Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev and UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Includes Thatcher’s speech on how the talks went, what they discussed, the signing of three agreements between the two nations, investment in the Soviet Union, visas, and the gift of a school to earthquake-stricken Armenia. Through an interpreter, Gorbachev talks about how the two nations can work together.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy; Mikhail Gorbachev

Keywords

Earthquakes; UK; USSR; International relations; Schools; Foreign aid; Visas; Armenia

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