Title

START 1 signing coincides with Lithuanian violence

Genre

News report

TX Date

31 Jul 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:03

Description

Report on the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) 1 by US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow (31/07/91), intended to scale down the long-range nuclear arsenals of the two countries. The event coincided with political violence in Lithuania as 6 border guards were killed. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; Treaties; Politics; USSR; International relations; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Heads of state; Presidents; Summits (meetings); Political violence; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations; George H. W. Bush; Borders; Lithuania; Baltic States; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 1) (1991)

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