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...Soviet leaders believe the U.S. cannot impose trade embargoes because farmers and workers are unwilling to make any sacrifices, and cannot withdraw from the Olympics because our athletes and spectators are unwilling to make sacrifices, they will question our resolve to impose costs for their aggressive action...
...Chemical, which provides MSU with grant and scholarship funds, threatened to withdraw its financial support but so far it has taken no action, Martin said...
...Kremlin is counting on the I.O.C. to hold firm and keep the Games in Moscow. Soviet officials argue that, since the U.S.S.R. has fulfilled its agreement with the I.O.C., there is no reason for moving the Games elsewhere. The Kremlin expects some athletes to withdraw, but as individuals and not as entire national teams. If nations do boycott the Games, Moscow is determined to go on with the Olympiad. Four years later, however, it might pay back the U.S. by boycotting the Summer Games scheduled for Los Angeles...
...President first brought up the matter in his television address decrying the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the threat was unmistakable. "Although the United States would prefer not to withdraw from the Olympic Games scheduled in Moscow this summer," said Jimmy Carter, "the Soviet Union must realize that its continued aggressive actions will endanger both the participation of athletes and the travel to Moscow by spectators who would normally wish to attend the Olympic Games...
Even if Carter decides to order a U.S. boycott, he lacks the authority to enforce it. According to Olympic rules, only a country's Olympic committee may withdraw its athletes, and the u.s.o.c. is strongly opposed to any boycott. Whether it would refuse a formal presidential request is hard...