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In this article (as Britain was about to host the Post-War Olympic Games) J P W Mallalieu MP recalls in humour the international spats and controversies during the Olympics over the century:
‘The Peruvian Ambassador, too, intervened on behalf of his football team, which had been disqualified when Peruvian spectators kicked an Austrian player during the match.
The Ambassador let it be known during the negotiations that he had a train waiting with steam up if the negotiations failed. He had to use the train.’
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