Title

Defence cuts should stop after USSR coup

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

19 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:55

Description

Press conference from former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher saying proposed defence cuts due to the end of the Cold War should stop after the coup in the USSR which has removed President Mikhail Gorbachev from power.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Revolutions; Economics; UK; USSR; Defence; Political reform; Cold War; NATO; Presidents; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations

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