Title

Margaret Thatcher in Moscow

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

1 Apr 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:10:50

Description

Report on end of the state visit of UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to the Soviet Union. Includes excerpt from interview with Soviet Jewish dissident, Josef Begun; excerpt from Thatcher press conference; interview with diplomatic commentator, Patrick Keatley, about the talks with Mikhail Gorbachev on arms control; political reform; freedom of the press during the visit and human rights. Male reporter not identified, poss. Peter Murphy.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy?; Patrick Keatley; Josef Begun

Keywords

Human rights; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Great Britain; USSR; International relations; Freedom of the press; Political reform; Prime ministers; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; State visits; Nuclear disarmament; Georgia; Political dissenters; Mikhail Gorbachev

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