Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

International Olympic Committee Clear All

Related Resources

Fireworks over the closing ceremonies of the Seoul Olympics, 1988

1988 Seoul Olympic Games

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Samaranch, Juan Antonio

1920- 2010

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Seoul, South Korea

South Korea

Seoul

Pyongyang cityscape

North Korea

Pyongyang

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Switzerland

Lausanne

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Kim, Yu-seon

-

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

National Olympic Committee of North Korea

-

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Fidel Castro, 1959.

Castro, Fidel

1926- 2016

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Roh, Tae-woo

-

Placeholder image for when a Topics image is not available

Sport in the Cold War

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

National Olympic Committee of South Korea

-

Soviet Union and the Olympics

Intelligence Operations in the Cold War

Mitrokhin Archive

Nikita Khrushchev Collection

Results:

41 - 50 of 73

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

October 10, 1986	Summary of Negotiations between the Two Korean National Olympic Committees IOC Summary Report on negotiations between North Korea, South Korea, and the IOC over the 1988 Olympic Games.
October 15, 1986	Recommendation by the National Olympic Committee of the ROK to the International Olympic Committee on North Korea A message from South Korea to the IOC thanking them for their work on the upcoming 1988 Summer Olympics. They also express their mistrust and apprehension toward working with North Korea on the Games.
September 11, 1987	North Korea’s Advance Notice for Delivery of a Letter to the National Olympic Committee of the ROK on the Olympic games An advance notice from North Korea that a letter on issues regarding the 1988 Summer Olympics will be delivered. Issues of co-hosting and other negotiations are covered.
January 11, 1988	Letter from the DPRK’s National Olympic Committee to the International Olympic Committee President stating North Korea’s Position regarding their Participation in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. A letter from North Korean Olympic Committee President Kim Yu Sun to IOC President Samaranch indicating that North Korea was not likely to participate in the upcoming 1988 Summer Olympics. North Korea cited the failure to come up with a joint hosting plan as the main issue, but pointed out that they remained hopeful that an agreement might be reached.
January 15, 1986	Letter from the International Olympic Committee President to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the ROK with a Summary of the January 8-9 1986 Meeting between the Two Korean NOCS A letter from IOC President Samaranch to the North Korean Olympic Committee, which included a summary of a recent meeting between the Olympic Committees of North and South Korea, at which some of the issues discussed were events that could be held in North Korea, the torch relay, and future meetings.
January 15, 1988	Information Note on a Visit by Soviet Olympic Committee President Gramow to Munich Report submitted to IOC President Samaranch describing a visit to by Soviet Olympic Committee President Gramow to Munich. Gramow remarked that North Korea's decision on participating the upcoming 1988 Summer Olympics would have no influence on the attitude of the Soviet Union. Gramow also commented that sporting relations between the USSR and Germany were developing positively.
January 18, 1988	Note from Juan Antonio Samaranch to Mr. Willi Daume Note from IOC President Samaranch to Germany Olympic Committee President Willi Daume, thanking him for a report.
January 21, 1988	Memorandum of Conversation between the International Olympic Committee President and Eduard Shevardnadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the USSR, regarding the negotiations with North Korea on the 1988 Olympics Memorandum of a discussion between IOC President Samaranch and Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shevardnadze. The two discuss other issues for a while before turning to the "Korea question," as Shevardnadze puts it. Samaranch explains the series of discussions and compromises that have already occurred, as well as expresses some doubt that North Korea is serious about making cooperation happen and that he'd need assurance about the "Olympic family" being able to cross the border. Shevardnadze expresses confidence that that wouldn't be a problem.
January 21, 1988	Letter from the International Olympic Committee President to Roh Tae-Woo, Requesting the Adjournment of the 'Team Spirit 88' Exercises for the Safety of the 1988 Seoul Olympics A letter from IOC President Samaranch requesting that the South Korean government adjourn its "Team Spirit 88" exercises, a joint military display/exercise with the U.S., due to tensions involving the Olympics and North Korea.
January 25, 1988	Intelligence Note from West Germany’s National Olympic Committee to the International Olympic Committee on the possibility of North Korean terrorist threats to the 1988 Seoul Olympics A letter from Willi Daume, a member of West Germany's Olympic Committee, discussing intelligence that suggested North Korea would attempt to disrupt the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.