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7,185 results found for all records.
Reagan’s reasons for walking away from arms control deal (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the failure of the Icelandic talks between US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Includes speech by Reagan on how he will not...
Ronald Reagan on why he could not accept disarmament deal (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
US President Ronald Reagan gives a speech in which he explains the offers he made to remove all missiles by 1996 but why he could not accept the Soviet proposal for a ten-year delay in the deployment of the...
Iceland summit ends in failure (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Dave Loyn reports on the mini-summit held by US President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, after the event. Includes speech by Gorbachev via an interpreter. Also a...
Failure of disarmament talks (1986)
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- News report; Speech
Dave Loyn reports from Reykjavik, summarising the disarmament summit and its failure. Includes speech by US President Ronald Reagan, who says that he will not submit to the delay of SDI deployment, and...
Ronald Reagan on summit negotiations failure (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
US President Ronald Reagan on the reason why the Iceland summit negotiations on nuclear disarmament failed. He says that he could not give up the Star Wars nuclear shield.
Mikhail Gorbachev on summit failure (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev (via an interpreter) following the end of the failed Iceland summit. Includes his view that the arms race has approached a...
A place in the country (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music; Speech
A Place in the Country. Chartwell: Part 1, by Steve Allen. Documentary feature on Chartwell, the former home of Sir Winston Churchill. Includes interviews with Grace Hamblin, former assistant secretary to...
General election - Margaret Thatcher campaign (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s election campaign. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Spencer or Peter Murphy).
General election - Harvey Proctor resigns Billericay seat (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Conservative MP Harvey Proctor has resigned. Billericay Constituency Chairman Ron Turner reads Proctor’s letter of resignation. Proctor supporter Amanda Armand(?) praises her ex-MP tearfully. Constituency...
General election - PM on Conservative manifesto (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s promotion of the 77-page Conservative election manifesto (includes speech excerpts). Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Spencer).