LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

START 2 nuclear arms treaty and George Bush’s travels

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

31 Dec 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:39

Description

The START 2 nuclear arms reduction treaty is to be signed shortly when outgoing US President George H. W. Bush visits Russia. However START 1 is yet to be ratified in Ukraine and other former Soviet states. Moscow conservatives are critical of the treaty while Defence Secretary Dick Cheney has warned about the problems of an unstable Soviet Union. With President Bush at a White House press conference on START and upcoming visit to US troops in Somalia; and spokesperson from Washington-based Arms Control Association Jack Mandelson. Report by Paul Woodley from New York.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; George H. W. Bush; Jack Mandelson

Keywords

USA; Treaties; USSR; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Ukraine; Somalia; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 1) (1991); Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 2) (1992-1999); Arms Control Association

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