New Zealand going ahead with plans for Olympics

By With Analysis from Monitor Correspondents around the world; Edited by Ruth Walker

January 31, 1980

Wellington, N.Z.

New Zealand's Olympic Games officials have decided to go ahead with planning and preparations for the Moscow Olympics. A special meeting of the Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association executive decided to urge potential competitors to do the same. However, the association will delay its official reply to Moscow until nearer the closing date for entries in the middle of May.