Title

General election - Heseltine on Soviet peace offer

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:01:16

Description

Interview with Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine where he expresses scepticism about a peace offer by the Soviet Union and criticises the Labour Party’s anti-nuclear defence policy prior to the 1983 General Election. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Conservative Party; USSR; Political parties; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Peacebuilding; Defence policy; Party politics; General elections; East West relations

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