Address by François Mitterrand on the Euromissiles crisis (2 January 1983)
Texte On 2 January 1983, French President François Mitterrand is invited to speak about the Euromissiles crisis during the news broadcast on French television channel Antenne 2. He discusses the French deterrent force and outlines France’s position on the plan by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to deploy Pershing II missiles in Western Europe so as to restore the balance of forces following the installation of Soviet SS-20 missiles in the western USSR.
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Source: Intervention du Président de la République au cours du journal d'Antenne 2 midi (extraits): 2 janvier 1983. Dans: Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Secrétariat général du gouvernement. La politique étrangère de la France: Textes et Documents, Janvier-Février 1983. Paris: La Documentation française, 1984. pp. 3-4.
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