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US-USSR Relations #276405

CBS Evening News for Monday, Mar 09, 1981
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(Studio) USSR president Leonid Brezhnev's efforts to get West European support for summit with United States noted; letter to President Reagan said 1st direct communication between the 2 leaders
REPORTER: Dan Rather

(DC) Reagan administration's pessimism over summit with USSR this year and support for early meeting among allies examined; today's meeting between Reagan, Secretary State Alexander Haig and West German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher cited. [HAIG - discusses Brezhnev's letter.] [GENSCHER - (thru translator) notes need for summit.] Reagan administration strategy, involving NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies, outlined.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint

Reporter(s):
Pierpoint, Robert;
Rather, Dan
Duration:
00:01:50

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