Moscow Olympics boycott

Title

Moscow Olympics boycott

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:35

Description

Speech by United States Vice-President Walter Mondale in Colorado Springs in which he urges the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to support the US boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Contributors

Walter Mondale

Keywords

USA; Politics; Sport; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; Military affairs; Athletics; Economic sanctions; Olympic games; Communism; Moscow; East West relations; United States Olympic Committee

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