Title

Denis Healey on hopes for non-nuclear defence

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:55

Description

Shadow Foreign Secretary, Denis Healey, on his hopes for a non-nuclear NATO defence policy (the UK has made a start by asking the USA to remove nuclear bombs from F-11 aircraft based on British soil); the upcoming Icelandic summit on disarmament; regional conflicts between US President, Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Male interviewer not identified. Cataloguer’s note: Interview possibly takes place during the Labour Party Conference, in Blackpool.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; Labour Party; UK; Political conferences; USSR; International relations; Conferences; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear disarmament; NATO; Defence policy; Nuclear warfare; Missiles; Ronald Reagan; Blackpool; Summits (meetings); Nuclear testing; Disarmament; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations

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