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In practice, the Presidium and
the Executive Bureau had to make
quick and concerted decisions on
many issues that had not been included
into the quarterly plans. Some
problems required joint meetings of
the Presidium and the Executive
Bureau to adopt relevant resolutions.
The minutes of the meetings and
resolutions adopted were circulated to
all members of the Presidium and the
Executive Bureau, to the department
chiefs and other officials.
The meetings held from 1975
through 1980 and questions discussed
are totaled in the Table below:
Presidium meetings
Questions discussed
Executive Bureau meetings
Questions discussed
Joint meetings of the Presidium and the Executive
Bureau
Questions discussed
Total number of questions discussed
At the initial stage of preparations,
the Presidium was mostly concerned
with organising and planning the jobs,
shaping the sports programme, with
international relations, the cultural
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programme, information and public
relations, planning and execution of
the economic programme. At the second
stage the Presidium monitored
the execution of plans, projects, and
various undertakings, particularly
those connected with the modernisation
and construction of competition
sites, the Olympic Village, service
facilities for the participants and
guests of the 1980 Olympics. Great
emphasis was laid on the hiring and
training of service personnel. Accreditation
of persons coming to the
Games and organisation of security
and public order systems were also
1975
5
23
4
37
—
—
60
1976
6
43
10
93
—
—
136
1977
8
42
18
122
1
1
165
1978
9
50
23
173
—
—
223
1979
11
47
21
185
2
14
246
1980
5
27
22
149
1
3
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under close scrutiny of the Presidium.
It heard reports of heads of the
participating ministries, government
agencies, organisations, and state institutions
on the progress of the prep-
The Presidium of the OCOG-80
discusses the Olympic Torch
Relay