The Washington Post, July 10th, 1987
The president of the International Olympic Committee said today the 1988 Olympic Games will either be held in Seoul, South Korea, "or there will no Games at all." Juan Antonio Samaranch said the political unrest in the South Korean capital that threatened the Olympics had declined greatly recently and he said he was confident the Games would be staged and be "very successful." Samaranch was quoted in a London newspaper earlier this week as saying virtually the same thing. But today's statement, at a news conference during the World University Games, was believed to be the first time he had spo...
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