Title

Superpowers summit planned for Washington

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

31 Oct 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

Report on the planned Washington superpowers summit with agreement to scrap intermediate range nuclear weapons to be signed by the USA and USSR. Includes excerpt of announcement of the summit by President Ronald Reagan. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan

Keywords

USA; Treaties; USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Ronald Reagan; Summits (meetings); Washington; Mikhail Gorbachev; Strategic Defense Initiative

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