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What next? Some delegates to last week's Geneva meeting agreed to hit the road in groups to convince other countries -and their own athletes-of the need for an Olympic boycott. At this rate, however, they might still be out hustling support while everybody else is in Moscow...
...Geneva, the U.S., U.K. and Australia invited 25 nations to a two-day meeting to hear White House Olympic Coordinator Lloyd Cutler spell out the U.S. position. Yet only nine of the countries invited sent delegates, and most of those who showed up listened coolly. Even staunchly pro-boycott Britain indicated that a timely Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan would "change everything...
...London, the House of Commons endorsed a boycott, raising the pressure on the British Olympic Association to do so when the group makes its decision this week. Yet Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's tactics-like her threat to deny paid leave to competitors holding government jobs-angered athletes. At last count, 78 of Britain's 108 Olympic athletes said they still plan to attend...
...West Germany, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt denounced the U.S.S.R.'s continued occupation of Afghanistan but stopped short of endorsing a boycott. A top French leader said privately, however, that if West Germany stays home, France will...
...officials insist that in the next two months as many as 50 of the 142 countries invited to Moscow will decide not to go; so far only 25 nations have endorsed the boycott. Much depends on how fast the boycotters can organize their alternate games, which Cutler calls the "WorldClass International Sports Festival." He envisions a series of events next August and September in a number of locales around the world. Funding for the games, however, will be difficult to obtain. Cutler claims that revenues from TV coverage could help, but executives at NBC and ABC decline...