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U.S. Olympians bow to Carter

In his speech to the newspaper editors, Carter escalated his campaign to win a diplomatic victory on the home front over an unlikely foe: the American athletes who still wanted to go to the Olympic Games in Moscow this summer. The President said that a decision by the U.S. Olympic Committee to send a team would harm American interests by seeming to condone the Soviets' invasion of Afghanistan. Said Carter: "If legal actions are necessary to enforce the decision not to send a team to Moscow, I will take them." No need. Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., the U.S.O.C. voted, by more than 2 to 1, to honor the President's request and not send anyone to the Summer Games.

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