The Fact Sheet includes excerpts from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) resolution to readmit South Africa to the Olympics and the IOC Fundamental Principle I of the Olympic Code. The document lists many actions people can take, including: write to Avery Brundage, President, International Olympic Committee, and Douglas Roby, President, U.S. Olympic Committee, opposing the IOC decision to readmit South Africa; write to the Olympic Organizing Committee of Mexico urging them to take whatever action they can to discourage South Africa from participating in the Olympic Games; write to Asa Bushnell, Secretary of the American Olympic Committee, urging him to seek a U.S. Olympic Committee...
The Fact Sheet includes excerpts from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) resolution to readmit South Africa to the Olympics and the IOC Fundamental Principle I of the Olympic Code. The document lists many actions people can take, including: write to Avery Brundage, President, International Olympic Committee, and Douglas Roby, President, U.S. Olympic Committee, opposing the IOC decision to readmit South Africa; write to the Olympic Organizing Committee of Mexico urging them to take whatever action they can to discourage South Africa from participating in the Olympic Games; write to Asa Bushnell, Secretary of the American Olympic Committee, urging him to seek a U.S. Olympic Committee stand against South African participation; urge athletes to join in support of the declaration by American athletes presently determined to boycott the Games if South Africa participates; and, as a private citizen, inform the Mexican government of their intention not to attend the Olympics and spend dollars there if South Africa participates in the Games. The mailing mentions the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) and the Mexican Department of Tourism and quotes Prime Minister Vorster.
