Heseltine on USSR shooting down Korean plane
- Title
- Heseltine on USSR shooting down Korean plane
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 7 Sep 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:02:53
- Description
- Report on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s reaction to the Soviet Union shooting down Korean Airlines Flight 007. In an interview he says he doesn’t think the incident will escalate tension between the superpowers. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Michael Heseltine
- Keywords
- USA; Air accidents; USSR; Homicide; Aeroplanes; Civil aircraft; Korea; Air defence; East West relations
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LBC/IRN, "Heseltine on USSR shooting down Korean plane". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0014600242004 (Accessed 08 Jun 2025)