Letters: Jun. 11, 1984

Soviet Nyet

To the Editors:

Ideological as they are and political as they have become [OLYMPICS, May 21], the Games must go on. They are good medicine for politically tense times.

Brian Boru O'Brien Brighton, Mass.

Here we go again! The Olympics have been turned into an international farce. Politics has taken control of the Games at the expense of the athletes. The Soviets are giving us a taste of our own medicine, but at least the Olympics should now be a contest of dedicated amateurs.

Robert Loigman North Caldwell, N.J.

The Soviets withdrew from the Olympic Games not because they feared their athletes would not be...

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