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1980 May 9 - 1980 Jul 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/376
Sport (UK participation in Moscow Olympic Games following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 142
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Date Value Title
80 May 1 Th Major Cold War: Sir Denis Follows of the British Olympic Association letter to MT ("Olympic Games - Moscow") [National Olympic Committee remains committed to Moscow Games] [declassified 2010]
80 May 9 Fr Major Cold War: FCO letter to No.10 (Moscow Olympic Games) [meeting between Douglas Hurd and Lt Col Innes, Treasurer of the British Olympic Association] [declassified 2010]
80 May 14 We Major Cold War: Central Council of Physical Recreation letter to MT (Moscow Olympic Games) [request for further meeting with MT] [declassified 2010]
80 May 27 Tu Major Cold War: MT letter to the Central Council of Physical Recreation (Moscow Olympic Games) [MT refers CCPR's concerns to Monro] [declassified 2010]
80 May 28 We Major Cold War: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Preparation for the Olympics") [declassified 2010]
80 May 30 Fr Minor Cold War: Sanders minute to MT ("British Museum: Olympic Games Exhibition") ["The Director of the museum...is clearly concerned that what they are doing should not be interpreted as in any sense a political act"] [declassified 2010]
80 Jun 2 Mo Major Cold War: MT letter to Paisley (Moscow Olympic Games) ["a strict control is being exercised over Government funds...to prevent these being used to send competitors to the Games in the Soviet Union"] [declassified 2010]
80 Jun 18 We Major Cold War: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Preparation for the Olympics") [situation in Moscow] [declassified 2010]
80 Jun 27 Fr Major Cold War: Tebbit letter to Hurd ("Charter Flights for the Olympic Games") [MT: "We shall look very silly if we give permission for these charter flights...Government advice on the Olympics must be consistent"] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 2 We Major Cold War: Hastie-Smith briefing for MT ("Charter Flights for the Olympic Games") [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 2 We Major Cold War: Department of Trade letter to No.10 ("Charter Flights for the Olympics") [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 16 We Major Cold War: UKE Moscow to FCO ("The Olympics") [situation in Moscow] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 30 We Major Cold War: UKE Moscow to FCO ("The Olympic Games") [situation in Moscow] [declassified 2010]