There have been reports that the Soviet politburo is splitting. The personalities involved and their political allegiances are discussed by Barry Gustafson. Roderick Alley talks about the USSR's attitude to Europe, particularly Germany since World War 2. Start of programme missed. A summary is on: Soviet Affairs_TR_ORT_1960_0081_01_02 — --/--/1968 Speakers are: Barry Gustafson, Department of History, University of Auckland; Roderick Alley, Department of Political Science, Victoria University.

Soviet Affairs was a quarterly discussion programme about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Primary Title
  • Soviet Affairs Part 2
Episode Title
  • The Politburo
Date Broadcast
  • 1968
Start Time
  • 21 : 10
Finish Time
  • 21 : 21
Duration
  • 11:20
Channel
  • 1YC
Broadcaster
  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Owning Organisation
  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
  • Soviet Affairs was a quarterly discussion programme about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Episode Description
  • There have been reports that the Soviet politburo is splitting. The personalities involved and their political allegiances are discussed by Barry Gustafson. Roderick Alley talks about the USSR's attitude to Europe, particularly Germany since World War 2. Start of programme missed. A summary is on: Soviet Affairs_TR_ORT_1960_0081_01_02 — --/--/1968 Speakers are: Barry Gustafson, Department of History, University of Auckland; Roderick Alley, Department of Political Science, Victoria University.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Politics
Hosts
  • Peter Debreceny (Host)
Contributors
  • Barry Gustafson (Commentator)
  • Roderick Alley (Commentator)