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ware was produced mainly by Minpribor's
plants.
As decreed by the USSR Government,
engineers, technicians, and service
personnel needed for operating
and servicing the technology for building
and maintaining the Olympic installations,
for providing services to
the participants and guests of the
Games were trained at educational
establishments under the USSR Ministry
of Higher and Secondary Specialised
Education and the State Committee
on Trade Education of the USSR
Council of Ministers. Other participating
ministries and agencies also organised
the training of personnel at
specialised schools of their own.
The USSR Ministry of Public
Health had the duties to outline and
enforce sanitary measures and to organise
medical care for all persons
that might come to the Games.
The USSR Ministry of Culture was
to provide entertainment for the Olympic
participants and guests and to
implement the cultural programme of
the Games.
The USSR Council of Ministers
gave assignments to many other
ministries and agencies. About 60
ministries and many agencies were
engaged in these or other arrangements.
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All the ministries, agencies, state
institutions, and organisations carried
out the assignments given to them by
the government decrees in close
co-operation with the OCOG-80. The
Organising Committee coordinated
their activities, made sure that deadlines
were met, laying great emphasis
on strict compliance with the rules of
the Olympic Charter, recommendations
of the IOC and IFs. This was
especially important for the design,
construction, and modernisation of
sports installations. The decisions and
instructions of the OCOG-80 on various
aspects of the organisation of the
1980 Olympic Games were mandatory
for all the Soviet ministries and agencies
as well as for individual
enterprises, organisations and
institutions regardless of their subordination.
The collaboration of the OCOG-80
with the participating ministries, government
agencies, state institutions,
and organisations was greatly furthered
by the Committee's commissions
made up mostly of representatives
from the same bodies. The OCOG-
80 was able to exert influence on all
concerned with the Olympics through
its commissions and, at the same
time, to give assistance when difficulties
arose.