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NORTH KOREA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTATION PROJECT E-DOSSIER #3 Sport and Politics on the Korean Peninsula: North Korea and the 1988 Seoul Olympics Sergey Radchenko December 2011 SPORT AND POLITICS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA: NORTH KOREA AND THE 1988 SEOUL OLYMPICS NKIDP E-DOSSIER Introduction Sport and Politics on the Korean Peninsula 1 Sergey Radchenko * * * All documents included in this collection were obtained for NKIDP by Sergey Radchenko. DOCUMENT No. 1 Letter from Fidel Castro to the President of the International Olympic 14 Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch 29 November 1984 DOCUMENT No. 2 Letter from IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch to Fidel Castro 18 4 December 1984 DOCUMENT No. 3 Letter from the President of the British Committee for Supporting Korea’s 20 Reunification to the President of International Olympic Committee 6 January 1985 DOCUMENT No. 4 Note from the President of the IOC to the President of the British Committee 21 for Supporting Korea’s Reunification 30 January 1985 DOCUMENT No. 5 Report by IOC Vice President Ashwini Kumar on his Trip to North Korea 22 16 July 1985 DOCUMENT No. 6 Interview with Fidel Castro on the 1988 Seoul Olympics 28 25 July 1985 DOCUMENT No. 7 Korean Workers’ Party Manifesto on the 1988 Seoul Olympics 32 31 July 1985 i Sport and Politics on the Korean Peninsula NKIDP e-Dossier DOCUMENT No. 8 Letter from the Permanent Mission of the ROK, Geneva, to the IOC President regarding the USSR, Cuba, and North Korea’s Positions on the 36 1988 Olympics 31 July 1985 DOCUMENT No. 9 Memorandum of Meetings held between the IOC President and Roh Tae- 38 Woo 28 August 1985 DOCUMENT No. 10 Letter from the President of the National Olympic Committee of the People’s 43 Republic of China to the IOC President 19 September 1985 DOCUMENT No. 11 The Proposal by the National Olympic Committee of the Democratic 45 People’s Republic of Korea 30 September 1985 DOCUMENT No. 12 Note from the IOC President to the NOC President of the People’s Republic 49 of China 30 September 1985 DOCUMENT No. 13 Meeting between the NOCs of the ROK and of the DPRK held under the 50 Aegis of the IOC 8 October 1985 DOCUMENT No. 14 Ichiro Ogimura and Young C. Kim's Efforts to Facilitate the 1988 Olympic 69 Games 8 October 1985 DOCUMENT No. 15 Note from the IOC President to the DPRK’s NOC 72 5 November 1985 DOCUMENT No. 16 Meeting between the IOC and the DPRK’s NOC regarding the Agenda and 73 Details of Future Meetings between the Two Groups 7 January 1986 ii www.wilsoncenter.org/nkidp North Korea and the 1988 Seoul Olympics NKIDP e-Dossier DOCUMENT No. 17 75 Meeting between the IOC and the DPRK’s NOC on Increasing North Korea’s Participation in the 1988 Olympic Games 9 January 1986 DOCUMENT No. 18 78 Meeting between the IOC President and the ROK’s NOC on North Korea’s Participation in the 1988 Olympic Games 9 January 1986 DOCUMENT No. 19 80 Meeting between the IOC President and the DPRK’s NOC on North Korea’s Participation in the 1988 Olympic Games 13 January 1986 DOCUMENT No. 20 82 Letter from the IOC President to the NOC of the ROK including a Summary of the 8-9 January 1986 Meeting between the Two Korean NOCS 15 January 1986 DOCUMENT No. 21 90 Meeting between the IOC President and the DPRK’s NOC on North Korea’s Participation in the 1988 Olympic Games 15 January 1986 DOCUMENT No. 22 92 Meeting between the IOC and the DPRK’s NOC regarding North Korea’s Participation in the 1988 Olympics 30 January 1986 DOCUMENT No. 23 94 Meeting between the IOC and the DPRK’s NOC regarding the 1988 Olympic Games in Pyongyang 7 March 1986 DOCUMENT No. 24 98 Meeting between the IOC and the South Korean Sports Minister regarding the Asian Games and Television Rights 7 March 1986 DOCUMENT No. 25 100 IOC President Interview with Chun Doo-hwan on North Korean Threats to the 1988 Seoul Olympics 19 April 1986 iii www.wilsoncenter.org/nkidp Sport and Politics on the Korean Peninsula NKIDP e-Dossier DOCUMENT No. 26 Meeting between President Chun Doo Hwan and President Samaranch 103 25 April 1986 DOCUMENT No. 27 Conversation between the Secretary of the CC CPSU Yakovlev A.N. with the 107 Secretary of the CC KWP Hwang Jang-yeop 16 May 1986 DOCUMENT No. 28 Memorandum of the Two-Day Meeting between the Two Korean NOCs and 112 the IOC 10-11 June 1986 DOCUMENT No. 29 Summary of Negotiations between the Two Korean NOCs 133 10 October 1986 DOCUMENT No. 30 Recommendation by the NOC of the ROK to the IOC on North Korea 136 15 October 1986 DOCUMENT No. 31 Statement by M.S. Gorbachev: “The Amelioration of the International 137 Situation, Strengthening of Peace” 11 November 1986 DOCUMENT No. 32 Memorandum of the Meeting between the NOCs of the Two Koreas and the 138 IOC in Lausanne 14-15 July 1987 DOCUMENT No. 33 North Korea’s Advance Notice for Delivery of a Letter to the NOC of the 151 ROK on the Olympic Games 11 September 1987 DOCUMENT No. 34 Letter from the DPRK’s NOC to the IOC President on North Korea’s 152 Participation in the 1988 Seoul Olympics 11 January 1988 DOCUMENT No. 35 Letter from Fidel Castro the IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch 154 13 January 1988 iv www.wilsoncenter.org/nkidp North Korea and the 1988 Seoul Olympics NKIDP e-Dossier DOCUMENT No. 36 Information Note on a Meeting between Willi Daume and Marat Gramov 156 15 January 1988 DOCUMENT No. 37 Letter from the IOC President to Roh Tae-Woo on “Team Spirit 88” 158 Exercises and 1988 Seoul Olympics 21 January 1988 DOCUMENT No. 38 Memorandum of Conversation between the IOC President and Eduard 159 Shevardnadze regarding North Korea and the 1988 Olympics 21 January 1988 DOCUMENT No. 39 Intelligence Note from West Germany’s NOC to the IOC on the Possibility of 161 North Korean Threats to the 1988 Seoul Olympics 25 January 1988 DOCUMENT No. 40 Letter from the IOC President to Fidel Castro regarding North Korea’s 163 Participation in the 1988 Olympics 16 February 1988 DOCUMENT No. 41 Letter from the Central Committee of the National Democratic Front of 164 South Korea to the IOC Opposing the 1988 Seoul Olympics 25 February 1988 DOCUMENT No. 42 Letter from the DPRK’s NOC to the IOC on Samaranch’s Proposal to Visit 167 North Korea 4 June 1988 DOCUMENT No. 43 Letter from the DPRK’s NOC to the President of the IOC requesting a 169 Postponement of Samaranch’s Visit to North Korea 10 June 1988 DOCUMENT No. 44 Letter from the DPRK NOC to IOC President on Comments made by IOC 171 during a Press Conference in Barcelona 15 June 1988 v www.wilsoncenter.org/nkidp Sport and Politics on the Korean Peninsula NKIDP e-Dossier DOCUMENT No. 45 Note from the President of IOC to the President of the DPRK NOC 173 24 June 1988 DOCUMENT No. 46 Note from the President of the DPRK Noc to the President of the IOC 174 27 June 1988 DOCUMENT No. 47 Note from the President of IOC to the President of the DPRK NOC 176 29 June 1988 DOCUMENT No. 48 Letter from the President of the IOC to Roh Tae-Woo with a Proposal for 178 Further Initiative between South and North Korea 30 June 1988 DOCUMENT No. 49 Letter from U.S. Senator Ted Stevens to the President of the IOC on Reagan, 182 Gorbachev, and the 1988 Seoul Olympics 5 July 1988 DOCUMENT No. 50 Information Note from Dr. Klaus Georg Wieck to the IOC President on 186 Security and Terrorist Threats to the 1988 Seoul Olympics 6 July 1988 DOCUMENT No. 51 Letter from the President of the DPRK NOC to the President of the IOC 191 7 July 1988 DOCUMENT No. 52 Letter from the President of the IOC to the President of the DPRK NOC 193 19 July 1988 DOCUMENT No. 53 Letter from Roh Tae-Woo to the President of the IOC on North Korea’s 194 Participation in the Olympics 20 July 1988 DOCUMENT No. 54 Note from the President of the IOC to Roh Tae-Woo on the 1988 Seoul 196 Olympics 24 July 1988 vi www.wilsoncenter.org/nkidp North Korea and the 1988 Seoul Olympics NKIDP e-Dossier DOCUMENT No. 55 Letter from the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the North Korean 197 Supreme People’s Assembly to the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea 26 July 1988 DOCUMENT No. 56 Note from the President of the IOC to U.S. Senator Ted Stevens on the Joint 199 Statement by Reagan and Gorbachev on the Safety of the 1988 Seoul Olympics 28 July 1988 DOCUMENT No. 57 Note from the President of the IOC to Richard W. Pound on the Co-Hosting 200 of the 1988 Olympics by the Two Koreas 11 August 1988 DOCUMENT No. 58 Letter from the President of the DPRK NOC to the President of the IOC on 204 Co-hosting the 1988 Olympics 16 August 1988 DOCUMENT No. 59 Letter from the President of the IOC to the DPRK NOC 206 8 September 1988 DOCUMENT No. 60 Letter from the President of the IOC to the Korean Olympic Organizing 207 Committee on Threats by a South Korean Student Organization 10 September 1988 vii www.wilsoncenter.org/nkidp Introduction Sport and Politics on the Korean Peninsula Sergey Radchenko ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1981, members of the International Olympic Committee, meeting in Baden- Baden, Germany, to select the host city of the 1988 Summer Olympics, unexpectedly voted (52 to 27) to award the Games to Seoul, upsetting the only other candidate, Nagoya.