USIA Television TV Satellite File No. 5000 (sic): USA/USSR Relations, Pt. 1 of 4

USIA Television TV Satellite File No. 5000 (sic): USA/USSR Relations, Pt. 1 of 4 Arms Control: Reagan in front of black background speaking: “As I’ve said before we do not mistrust each other because we’re armed, we’re armed because we mistrust each other.” (applause). CU 08Dec87 signing papers w/ Gorbachev. Both signing MRMB Treaty ban on medium range missiles at table seen from directly in front w/ USSR & USA flags behind. 00:00:57 Very large missile moved on self-propelled carrier. Launching of fixed position rocket (Russian?). 00:01:10 High angle of ceremonial signing w/ Gorbachev & Reagan standing & shaking hands. MCU. Rocket in flight. ICBM nose up out of sile & launching in CU. Russian nuclear bomber in flight. Navy ship & launching of Cruise Missile in slow motion & CU. Battle ship firing rocket. 00:01:53 Illustration or drawing of USSR rocket w/ CCCP on side. 00:02:00 Gorbachev & wife w/ military officers, G. returns salute, shakes hands & walks on Soviet nuclear submarine deck. 00:02:10 New head of Arms Control Agency, Kenneth Adelman, re Soviet sensor technology “we’ve looked at it & we don’t see how it could work.” 00:02:23 Animation of satellites being destroyed by lasers. SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative. 00:02:32 George Shultz & wife (?) off plane in Moscow; w/ Soviets at meeting. 00:02:43 Adelman to journalists “on road to...balanced treaty. I don’t see any particular deadlines for that however.” 00:02:54 Dead bodies from chemical weapons in Iraq (?). 00:03:03 Man in protective suit & mask out of tank; hosing down tanks. View of tanks down road, aerial over large number of tanks. Tanks across field. Soldiers in fields in protective gear. Firing large artillery. Firing artillery in WWII. Afghanistan & carrying dead. Iran - Iraq war. Large camouflaged troop carrier through mud in autumn trees. Interior of US vehicle w/ windows closed up, ext. of launching rocket from it. 00:04:03 Reagan & Gorbachev at formal signing w/ people applauding; walk off waving. 00:04:20 Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci speaking: “We see no discernable evidence of the Soviets changing...” Nuclear Arms Control Talks; Diplomats; Diplomacy; Republican Policy; Cold War; Propaganda;