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43 results found for '"James Baker"' in Contributors.
Reaction to State of the Union address (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on reaction to the State of the Union address given by US President George H.W. Bush, and its proposals to cut troops in Eastern Europe. Includes interviews with Secretary of State,...
Nicaraguan elections (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on delighted reaction in the USA to the results of the Nicaraguan elections which have ousted Daniel Ortega. Includes speech by US President George H.W. Bush who says the people can now...
Gorbachev in USA for summit (1990)
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- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington on the visit of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for a 3 day summit and his comments in Canada prior to his arrival criticising the USA attitude to unity in Germany and...
NATO meeting in Scotland (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting at Turnberry in Scotland. US Secretary of State, James Baker outlines NATO’s role in peacebuilding; Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd discusses nuclear...
Houston economic summit fails to agree on much (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the lack of agreement on several issues at the economic summit of 7 nations in Houston including export subsidies and economic aid to the USSR. They did agree to let individual nations provide aid...
USA to send troops to Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Following a meeting of NATO foreign ministers earlier today, US Secretary of State, James Baker defends the USA’s decision to send troops to the Gulf.
James Baker announces Gulf blockade (1990)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Speech
News bulletin. The US naval blockade of Iraq is officially on - announced by the US Secretary of State, James Baker. A British man, Douglas Croskery, has been shot while trying to escape from Kuwait, and is...
American hostage Robert Polhill released from Lebanon (1990)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
It has been revealed that American Robert Polhill is the one of three hostages being freed from Beirut. His son Brian Polhill comments. President George H. W. Bush turns people’s minds to the remaining...
John Major’s first visit to USA as Prime Minister (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Nick Peters reporting on John Major’s first visit to America as Prime Minister and his meeting with President George H. W. Bush with major issues being possible conflict in the Gulf if Saddam Hussein fails...
EC foreign ministers mount own initative against Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
John Fraser reports from Brussels on a press conference featuring US Secretary of State James Baker (with excerpts) on the Gulf crisis following NATO foreign ministers meeting. Baker says he is not against a...