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stops nearby. A schedule of competitions
for each venue for the entire
period of the Games was also included,
as well as some information
about Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev, and
Minsk and the Olympic venues in
those cities.
The brochure contained lists of the
Executive Board and Secretariat of the
IOC, of the IOC members, top officials
of the IFs and their technical delegates
to the Games of the XXII Olympiad,
lists of Presidents and General
Secretaries of the National Olympic
Committees recognised by the IOC,
members of the OCOG-80, its Presidium
and Executive Bureau.
Four thousand copies of the Overall
Games' Programme were printed
for free distribution. It was intended
originally for the staff of the OCOG-80
and its administrative units, for the
Games Control Headquarters, as well
as for the executives and employees
of the participating ministries,
agencies, institutions, members
of sports and public organisations
concerned.
The Programme served as the
basis for schedules and daily operations
plans of individual divisions of
the OCOG-80, its services and operational
centres. It was one of the main
documents for monitoring the planned
events during the Games.
The Programme attracted attention
of many IOC members, it aroused
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interest of chefs-de-mission and members
of national teams, presidents,
general secretaries and technical delegates
of the IFs, observer missions
from the organising committees of the
future Olympic Games and games of
some regions. The mass media, too,
became interested. Therefore, 2,000
more copies containing the master
chart were printed.
This editions eventually became a
souvenir for those who attended the
Moscow Olympics.
At the Executive Board session
(Lausanne, 1980, October, 30-31) the
President of the IOC Juan Antonio
Samaranch said that the members of
the Board thought high about the
organisation and staging the Games of
the XXII Olympiad. The contribution to
the success of the Games made by the
Organising Committee and all the parties
involved can be hardly overestimated,
especially if one takes into
account the difficulties they had to
overcome.
The President said, that the unanimous
decision taken in Lake Placid to
stage the Olympics where it was planned
is an evidence of the cohesion of the
Olympic movement. All NOCs which
decided to participate in the 1980
Games in spite of the opposition from
their respective governments, IFs closely
working with the IOC and the
OCOG-80 and observing the Olympic
Charter, deserved respect and praise.