Moscow Olympics boycott - British view

Title

Moscow Olympics boycott - British view

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:55

Description

Douglas Cameron interviews a British male athlete (identified as Jonathan ?) about the 1980 Moscow Olympics following the boycott by the United States and West Germany and during pressure from the UK Government for a similar boycott in the UK, over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Contributors

Douglas Cameron; Jonathan ?

Keywords

USA; Foreign affairs; Sports competitions; UK; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; Military affairs; Athletics; Olympic games; Athletes; Moscow; East West relations; British Olympic Association

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