News blackout at Geneva summit
- Title
- News blackout at Geneva summit
- Genre
- Press conference
- TX Date
- 19 Nov 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:00:48
- Description
- Press briefing by White House spokesman Larry Speakes where he announces a news blackout on talks between US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Geneva Summit on arms reduction.
- Contributors
- Larry Speakes
- Keywords
- USA; Geneva; Press; USSR; Mass media; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Heads of state; Presidents; Switzerland; Summits (meetings); Press coverage
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LBC/IRN, "News blackout at Geneva summit". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0016000081013 (Accessed 13 Feb 2026)