LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Soviets attack Korean plane

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Sep 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Report on an attack on an unarmed South Korean civilian aircraft (Korean Air Lines Flight 007) by the Soviet Union after it accidentally entered Soviet airspace (01/09/83). Speakers are US President Ronald Reagan; Press Secretary Larry Speakes; Defence Correspondent, Paul Maurice; wife of US politician Larry McDonald (who was on board the aeroplane), Kathryn McDonald. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan; Paul Maurice; Larry Speakes; Kathryn McDonald

Keywords

USA; Civil aviation; Deaths; USSR; International relations; Homicide; Aeroplanes; Aviation; Civil aircraft; Civilians; South Korea; Korean Air Lines

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