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Would the U.S. be as lonely in its boycott as the Olympic committee had predicted? Carter personally asked some 100 foreign leaders to abandon the Moscow Games, and their responses were extremely slow in coming. The early returns were also discouraging. Even in Great Britain, where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government strongly supports the U.S. position, the independent British Olympic Association remained adamantly opposed to a boycott. "The Games will be held in Moscow no matter what governments say," contended Lord Exeter, 74, the sixth Marquess of Exeter, and a 1928 gold medal winner in hurdles...
...other foreign leader speaking for the boycott was Canada's Prime Minister Joe Clark, but he faces a stiff reelection challenge from former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's Liberal Party, and Trudeau has been cool to a ban. Mexico has already announced its intention to field a squad in Moscow...
...nation for the boycott movement is West Germany, which normally would enter a strong team in Moscow. Bonn officials clearly would like their athletes to compete but were nervously watching world reaction to Carter's drive. Having criticized Carter so long for not dealing more sternly with the Kremlin, they found it uncomfortable to oppose his tough stance...
When Carter appeared on Meet the Press, the panel questioned him only briefly about the Olympic boycott-much to his disappointment. He had carefully prepared answers spelling out the reasons for his stand. Some of the questions he had anticipated and the answers he was eager to give...
...Wouldn't a boycott be a tragedy for American athletes...