This program is 28 minutes long
#107314
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Sam Donaldson) Summit meeting of President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev reported; details given, scenes shown. [REAGAN - calls visit momentous meeting of adversaries.] [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) discusses differences between United States and USSR .] Treaty-signing ceremonies at White House reported; scenes shown. Tenets of treaty eliminating medium and short-range missiles outlined on screen. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) discusses treaty and move toward nuclear-free world.] [REAGAN - hopes to tackle other urgent issues; quotes Russian proverb "trust but verify."] [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) says Reagan always repeats phrase.] Working sessions between Reagan and Gorbachev to deal with long-range missiles noted. [White House spokesperson Marlin FITZWATER - summarizes mtgs.] [Soviet foreign ministry Gennady GERASIMOV - calls day historic.] Opponents to treaty in Senate noted. Arms reduction facet of treaty mentioned.
#107315
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Walter Rodgers) Courtship by Mikhail Gorbachev of influential Americans reported; details given, scenes shown. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) discusses opposition to treaty.] Letters from American children pleading for peace mentioned. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) says United States and USSR people want closer relations] Raisa Gorbachev shown. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) says people interlinked; asks for questions from audience.] [MEN, John DENVER - comment.]
#107316
(Studio: Peter Jennings) [White House chief of staff Howard BAKER - describes mtgs. between Reagan &Mikhail Gorbachev, Gorbachev's notes and remarks, Reagan's role in talks, own response to Gorbachev, adversarial role of US- USSR .]
#107317
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Whirlwind tour of Washington, DC by Raisa Gorbachev reported; details given, scenes shown. Thomas Jefferson mentioned. Anti-Soviet protests in Washington, DC reported; scenes shown. Arrest of Afghanistan protesters and Jewish activists reported
#107320
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Rick Inderfurth) USSR TV's showing of treaty signing ceremonies between Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev reported; details given, scenes shown. [MOSCOVITES - (thru translator) comment on treaty.] Press coverage of summit noted; "Pravda"'s position stated. "Peace Child", musical sung by American and Soviet children, shown on Soviet TV; scenes shown. Soviet people's response to summit noted.
#107321
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Favorable response to US-USSR treaty from Europe reported Great Britain Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher's position noted. Report introduced.
(London, England: John Laurence) Response to treaty from anti-nuclear protesters outside Greenham Common air base in England noted; details given, scenes shown of missiles to be destroyed in accord with treaty. History of protests by "Women of Greenham Common" recalled; scenes shown. [WOMAN - says nuclear weapons evil.] Celebration by anti-nuclear demonstrators in London shown.
#107324
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: John McWethy) History of impact of arms control treaties on US mil. dvts. &defense spending reported; details given, scenes shown from 1963, 1972, 1979 arms control treaties. [Heritage Fndn. spokesperson James HACKETT - says arms treaties lead to false sense of security] [Ex-Defense Secretary James SCHLESINGER - says United States will be less likely to confront USSR .] History of US defense spending following 1963 limited test ban treaty, 1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) I treaty, 1979 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II treaty reported; scenes shown. [Kennedy School of Govt. Richard HAASS - says arms control tends to product more defense spending.]
#107327
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Luis Obispo, California: Tom Schell) Crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines airplane near Paso Robles, California, reported; details given, scenes shown. Crash said possibly caused by murder/suicide attempt by disgruntled airline employee. [FBI spokesperson Richard BRETZING - focusing on criminal activity leading to crash.] [Pvt. pilot Gene KATZ - recalls plane's Mayday call.] Wreckage shown.
#107332
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's summit schedules for Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan outlined on screen.
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