Category: 9.3 1980 Olympics Games

1 November 1979* (Pb 172/113) Olympic Games

POLITBURO. Response to US Department of Justice concerning potential terrorism and drug distribution during the summer Olympic Games in Moscow – rejection of offer to cooperate  [R: 1 November 1979, Pb 172-113]. 4 pp (excerpt). =================================== [page two of four] In a conversation with the Soviet ambassador to the USA about holding the [1980] Olympic … Continue reading 1 November 1979* (Pb 172/113) Olympic Games

25 April 1979* (819-A) “Anti-Soviet” activities and the Olympic Games

KGB REPORT. "Anti-Soviet" activities with regard to holding of the summer 1980 Olympic Games in the USSR [R: 25 April 1979, 819-A]. 4 pp (excerpt). ================================== [page three] [...] The enemy’s intelligence agencies and foreign anti-Soviet centres are trying, as previously, to use various insinuations about ‘the violation of human rights in the USSR’ to … Continue reading 25 April 1979* (819-A) “Anti-Soviet” activities and the Olympic Games

19 August 1980* (St 224/7) Olympic successes

SECRETARIAT. Send report to communist and workers' parties in socialist countries about success of the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow [R: 19 August 1980, St 224/7]. 8 pp (excerpts). ============================================================ [page one of eight] No St 227/7, 19 August 1980 Top Secret SPECIAL FILE RESOLUTION of the Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee Information for … Continue reading 19 August 1980* (St 224/7) Olympic successes

29 January 1980* (St 195/3) Response to campaign against Olympic Games

SECRETARIAT. Planning response to "hostile" campaign against participation in the Summer 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Includes 27 January 1980 recommendations from Central Committee Departments [R: 29 January 1980, St 195/3]. 3 pp (excerpt). ================================== [page one of three] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CENTRAL COMMITTEE [Text along left-hand … Continue reading 29 January 1980* (St 195/3) Response to campaign against Olympic Games