LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

EEC summit in Rome - calls for Moscow Olympics boycott

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Feb 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:39

Description

Report back on the visit of British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) to Italy for an EEC summit in Rome where discussions included the possible boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Both male reporters not identified (Euro reporter identified as Richard ?)

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Sports competitions; EEC; UK; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; Military affairs; Olympic games; Foreign policy; Europe; Peter Carington; Italy; Summits (meetings); Moscow; Rome; Lord Carrington; East West relations

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