The cover letter reports that the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) will decide at its January meeting in Grenoble, France on whether to allow South Africa back into the 1968 Olympics Games to be held in Mexico City, after being expelled in 1964 for its racial discrimination in sports. The letter asks people to write, telegraph, call or visit Douglas F. Roby, The U.S. Olympic Committee, and Avery Brundage, President of the I.O.C. The background paper examines the history of South Africa and the Olympics. Starting in 1959, the internationally-backed Campaign Against Race Discrimination in Sport called on the I.O.C. to permit only teams that comply with the charter to play at the 1960...
The cover letter reports that the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) will decide at its January meeting in Grenoble, France on whether to allow South Africa back into the 1968 Olympics Games to be held in Mexico City, after being expelled in 1964 for its racial discrimination in sports. The letter asks people to write, telegraph, call or visit Douglas F. Roby, The U.S. Olympic Committee, and Avery Brundage, President of the I.O.C. The background paper examines the history of South Africa and the Olympics. Starting in 1959, the internationally-backed Campaign Against Race Discrimination in Sport called on the I.O.C. to permit only teams that comply with the charter to play at the 1960 Olympics. The South African Sports Association (SASA), founded within South Africa, organized a fight for the removal of color bars in sports and coordinated efforts of non-racial bodies to be recognized internationally in lieu of the all-white South African Olympic Games Association (SAOGA). The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC) was formed when all attempts by non-white sportsmen to become members of SAOGA had been denied. The paper also discusses South Africa's "New Sports Policy." Contents of South Africa and the Olympics: The Problem • South African Sports Policy: At Home and Abroad • What is South Africa's New Sports policy? • Will South Africa Be Readmitted to the Olympics? • South Africa Must Be Stopped from Getting Back Into the Olympics - How?
