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ooklet on its use and they were
shown a training film.
The material and technical services
to the relay were provided in accordance
with the agreement between
the OCOG-80 and the NOCs of
Greece, Romania and Bulgaria. The
Organising Committee provided them
with the necessary equipment.
Everything except the uniforms of
the runners and the small ceremonial
cups of the Olympic flame were manufactured
by Soviet enterprises. The
Japanese firm of Mizuno—Official
Supplier of the Games of the XXII
Olympiad—prepared free of charge
the uniforms (shorts, singlets, socks,
running shoes and head bands) and
50 ceremonial cups. There were 6,200
sets of the uniform in all, including
spares.
The OCOG-80 offered all the
necessary practical help to the NOCs
of Greece, Romania and Bulgaria, and
to the local relay committees in the
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USSR on questions of the preparation
and staging of the relay.
With this aim three meetings were
held in Moscow in 1979 and 1980 for
the organisers of the relay from these
countries. Specialists from the Organising
Committee several times
travelled to Greece, Bulgaria and
Romania and to the republican and
region committees of the USSR to
settle questions which had arisen in
preparation for the ceremonial welcoming
of the Olympic flame, to help
in the selection and training of the
torch bearers and so forth, to give
advice on the use of the torches and
other technical equipment.
Eight editions of the brochure "Instructions
on the Relay" were prepared
and sent out by the OCOG-80.
Plans for the ceremonial meeting
of the Olympic flame at the state
boundaries were agreed between the
Organising Committee and the NOCs
of Greece, Bulgaria and Romania.