JERRY IZENBERG

Antics of FIFA
may get worse

SOME DAY, IF IT has a shred of honesty, FIFA (the
group that runs the world's most popular game) will
cast aside its camouflage and unfurl the only banner
suitable to its real purpose — crossed cash registers
rampant on a sea of upturned palms.

Last week, FIFA awarded the 1986 World Cup
competition to Mexico. This is not to be confused with
what happened two months ago when Joao Havel-
lange, the man who runs FIFA, awarded the Cup to
Mexico, or last month when the subcommittee that is
his tool awarded the thing to guess who.

The intricate web of shadowy dealings that will
bring the matches to a country that cannot pay its in-
ternational debts, has a 40 per cent unemployment
rate, whose basic monetary unit has been devalued
480 per cent, whose shoppers suffer through 98 per
cent inflation and who now will spend millions of dol-
lars it does not have to update stadiums that fall to
meet the committee's own selection criteria, has
been described here before.

The strange fashion in which Havelange undercut
his own country, Brazil, as being "too poor" (when, in
fact, it is in far better shape than Mexico) also has
been described. This includes the private plane that
flew him to a rendezvous with the man that owns not
only Televisa (the Mexican national television net-
work), but five of the stadiums that will be used for
the matches.

Also described here was the under-the-table history
of the distribution of tickets the last time Mexico
hosted the thing and the involvement of the same
cast of characters this time around. And, of course,
there is the history of a key Mexican soccer official
who actually is on the Televisa payroll.

So much for morality.

Now let us pass on to the matter of arrogance.

The site-selection committee under Havelange was
mandated to visit Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. After
spending seven days south of the border on its first
stop, it returned home and called off the ballgame.
The King of FIFA then gave a number of interviews
declaring Mexico the winner. It never intended to
visit the U.S., where the facilities, the economy and
the technology are far better. Moreover, it began a
campaign designed to play on anti-American feel-
ings, accusing the U.S. of trying to "buy" the game.

To protest this action, the U.S. sent a delegation to
Stockholm which included assorted American soccer
officials, Henry Kissinger, Franz Beckenbauer and
Pele. This was to be the final hearing. The Nurem-
berg Jury had a more open mind.

The Mexican presentation lasted 15 minutes — per-
haps 12 of which were spent saying hello to old
friends and “business” associates. The Americans
were granted 50 minutes. In the interest of clear-cut
communication, the entire American session was
conducted in French.

The most emotional moment before this hanging
jury (which refused to acknowledge that it had vio-
lated its own procedures in a selection process polite
people refer to as corrupt) came when Pele spoke of
the basic reason the U.S. should at least have had a
site inspection and a fair hearing.

"It is the last frontier," Pele told them, throwing
away his prepared speech and speaking from the
heart. "Were my own country (Brazil) the other can-
didate, I would still urge this group to select the
United States. I have seen what is happening there.
Do not shut the door on what is best for football (soc-
cer)."

The Americans left this 1983 Court of the Star
Chamber and emerged into the hall in time to hear
Havelange's son-in-law proclaim before the vote was
taken:

"It's unanimous for Mexico."

Five minutes later, FIFA flasks confirmed the fact
by passing out press releases in four languages.
There followed a press conference during which an
English reporter apologized for his lack of bi or tri-
lingualism and addressed Havelange as follows:

"Sir, I must ask you this question in English and it
would be appreciated if you would answer in English
so I don't misinterpret what you are saying..."

"Who are you," Havelange snapped, "to tell me
what language to speak."

Oh, it was a marvelous affair.

Disgraceful as it was, it may get even worse.

There is a great nervousness over the Mexican
economy in banking circles — particularly when the
Mexicans show no inclination to pay their debts. The
feeling among some highly respected financial ex-
parts is that the Mexicans intend to declare bank-
ruptcy.

In that event, West Germany would volunteer to
host the Cup matches. Some say that has been the
plan all along. That would insure three straight
European sites. The South Americans, ironically,
then suddenly could become this country's strongest
allies.

On a broader scale, FIFA itself would suffer tre-
mendous internal trauma.

Like the man said, it ain't over yet.

NEW YORK POST, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1983

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U.S. LOSES IN 2ND OT TO HONDURAS IN CONCACAF TOURNEY FINALE
YOUTH TEAM TO PLAY IN 3-NATION EVENT FOR YOUTH WORLD CUP BERTH

NEW YORK, N.Y., September 7, 1982 - The U.S. National Youth Team is temporarily down but far from out in its quest of qualifying for the finals of the 1983 FIFA/Coca-Cola Cup - World Youth Championship in Mexico. Despite losing to Honduras 1-0 in the second overtime of Sunday's finals of the CONCACAF Youth Tournament in Guatemala, the U.S. remains in the hunt for the 16-nation world youth competition next June.

By virtue of a runnerup finish in the 12-nation North, Central American and Caribbean regional qualifying event (Honduras automatically qualifies for the Youth World Cup as CONCACAF winner), the U.S. can make it into the World Youth Championship by winning an upcoming three-nation playoff with Israel and the winner of the Oceania region (probably Australia or New Zealand). This three-nation competition, the Intercontinental Tournament, will be played in the United States and must be completed before Jan. 15, 1983.

Based on the play of the young American charges (each player must be born after Aug. 1, 1963 to be eligible), there is every reason to be optimistic regarding the chances of qualifying for the world championship. The National Youth Team, also the runnerup in the 18-nation CONCACAF tournament in 1980, became the first U.S. team to participate in the FIFA World Youth Championship when it played in the 1981 event in Australia.

"I'm honestly quite confident we can still qualify -- especially if we play the way we did during the CONCACAF tournament," said U.S.A head coach Angus McAlpine. "I'm not expecting Israel and the team from Oceania to be easy opponents. But we will be the home team -- which will certainly help -- and the team proved how well they can play when the chips are on the line. While we're certainly disappointed in not beating Honduras and making the Youth World Cup at this time, we don't feel like losers."

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In the CONCACAF finale, played before 30,000 spectators in Guatemala City's Mateo Flores Stadium, Honduras' forward Norman Lobo scored the game's only goal in the 114th minute of play, nine minutes into the second overtime. Lobo's shot from 18 yards beat U.S. goalie Jeff Duback, who was a standout throuout the seven-game, 24-day competition. The U.S., meanwhile, had its best chance to score in the 119th minute -- one minute before the end of the match -- but a Honduras defender cleared a goal-bound shot by U.S. forward Chance Fry off of the goal line.

The U.S., which had played impressively in chalking up four wins and two draws in its six CONCACAF matches, including a thrilling 3-1 overtime win over host Guatemala (a 3-2 overtime loser to Costa Rica in Sunday's third-place match) in Wednesday's night semifinals played before 64,000 spectators, did not perform up to par in the championship match.

"We did not play as well as we had throughout the tournament -- Honduras outplayed us," said McAlpine, whose team was honored with the Fair Play Trophy for sportsmanship following the tournament. "We had trouble creating things up front. Were it not for the outstanding play of Duback we would have lost in regulation. But we showed a lot of character in the final -- just like we did throughout the tournament. We have nothing to be ashamed of."

The date and U.S. site of the Intercontinental Tournament have not been determined. The competition will be played according to a round-robin format, with the three teams expected to play one another once over a week to 10-day period in late December or early January. The opponent from Oceania will not be known until the regional competition is played in early December. Australia and New Zealand are the favorites to represent the region.

A total of eight times have been determined for the June 4-19 world tournament in Mexico. Austria, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland and the Soviet Union have each qualified from Europe, joining Honduras and Mexico, which is an automatic participant as the host nation.

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NOTES: Sweeper Chris Kendler and midfielder Dale Ervine played the entire distance in each of the Youth Team's seven games, while wing back Karl Groesser sat out only 20 minutes and midfielder Mark Arya only 45 ... Wing back Ralph Black was forced to sit out championship match after receiving second yellow card of tournament in semifinal win vs. Guatemala ... Romulo Mendez Molina, a FIFA Referee from Guatemala, officiated the finale ... Forwards Chance Fry (Seattle Sounders) and Hugo Perez (Tampa Bay Rowdies) paced the U.S. scoring with three goals each ... McAlpine cited the play of defender Groesser as well as Duback in the final vs. Honduras.

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UNITED STATES TO PLAY IN WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW YORK, N.Y., November 23, 1982 -- The United States National Youth Team, in the wake of the CONCACAF Executive Committee's recent disqualification of Honduras, will compete with the elite 16 nations of the world in the 1983 FIFA/Coca-Cola Cup - World Youth Championship in Mexico, the United States Soccer Federation announced today.

The United States, the runnerup in September's 12-nation CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean) qualifying tournament for the world youth event, will replace the Central American nation in Mexico next June following the disqualification of Honduras for its use of overage players. Honduras had originally earned the right to represent the regional confederation in the 16-nation world youth championship, having defeated the U.S. 1-0 in overtime in the September 5 CONCACAF final in Guatemala.

The action taken by the CONCACAF Executive Committee at a special meeting on Nov. 20 in Guatemala City was in response to a protest filed by the Guatemala Football Federation that members of the Honduran team did not meet the CONCACAF competition's age requirements. Only players born after Aug. 1, 1963 are eligible to compete in both the CONCACAF Youth Tournament and the FIFA World Youth Championship.

This will mark the second straight time that the U.S. will compete in the FIFA World Youth Championship, the premier event for national youth teams. The U.S. played in the 1981 championship in Australia, the first time this country had qualified for the biennial event.

A total of 94 nations entered six regional qualifying tournaments for spots in the final field of 16 in the June 4-19 event in Mexico. West Germany, the defending world youth champion, and Mexico, the host nation, are assured of participation. Costa Rica, the third-place finisher in the CONCACAF tournament, will now have an opportunity to qualify if it can defeat Israel and the Oceania regional champion (probably Australia) in an upcoming three-nation playoff.

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DRAW HELD FOR 1983 FIFA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN MEXICO;
UNITED STATES TO PLAY URUGUAY, IVORY COAST AND POLAND

NEW YORK, N.Y., February 23, 1983 -- The United States National Youth Team, following the draw held last night in Mexico City, will play Uruguay, Ivory Coast and Poland in the first round of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Cup-1983 World Youth Championship to be staged June 3-19 in seven Mexican cities, the United States Soccer Federation announced today.

The United States, participating in the world tournament for the second time, will play its first round matches in Guadalajara, Puebla and Leon (Group B). The results of the draw, held in Mexico City's National Convention Hall and attended by representatives of the 16 competing nations, saw the host country placed into Group A with Australia, South Korea and Scotland.

Group C will include the People's Republic of China, Argentina, Czechoslovakia and Austria; while Group D matches the Soviet Union, Brazil, The Netherlands and Nigeria. First round matches will be played June 3-9, with each nation playing its three group rivals once.

"I am confident that the FIFA World Youth Championship, by providing an opportunity for the 94 nations around the world to compete in qualifications against each other, will contribute to better friendship and harmony around the world," said Harry H. Cavan, the chairman of the FIFA World Youth Championship Committee.

Under the tournament's format, two teams from each of the four four-team groups will advance to an eight-nation quarterfinal competition. The semifinals, set for June 15, will square off at two venues, Mexico City and Monterrey. The third-place match will be held June 18 in Guadalajara, with the final played the following day in Mexico City.

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"We're again delighted to have reached the final round of 16," said USSF President Gene Edwards. "We will be playing in a competitive group -- Poland and Uruguay, we realize, are very strong sides, while we are not that familiar with Ivory Coast. However, I'm confident our National Youth Team will be adequately prepared for the competition."

The U.S., runnerup in September's 12-nation CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean) qualifying tournament for the world youth event, gained eligibility when Honduras was disqualified for its use of overage players. CONCACAF is one of five confederations represented in the FIFA World Youth Championship: UEFA (Europe), CAF (Africa), ASIA and CONMEBOL (South America).

The FIFA World Youth Championship, held every two years, has grown significantly since the inaugural tournament in 1977 in Tunisia. The USSR captured the first title by prevailing over Mexico in a game decided by penalty kicks. In 1979, Argentina won the championship by defeating the Soviets before 52,000 spectators in Tokyo. In 1981, West Germany defeated Qatar in Sydney, Australia.

The U.S. National Youth Team lost to Uruguay 3-0 and Poland 4-0 and tied Qatar 1-1 in first round matches in Brisbane, Australia in October, 1981. This marked the Youth Team's debut in the biennial competition.

FIFA/COCA-COLA CUP-1983 WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

GROUP A

Mexico
Australia
So. Korea
Scotland

GROUP B

United States
Poland
Uruguay
Ivory Coast

GROUP C

People's Republic
of China
Argentina
Czechoslovakia
Austria

GROUP D

USSR
Nigeria
The Netherlands
Brazil

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30 FINAL CANDIDATES CHOSEN FOR U.S. YOUTH TEAM

NEW YORK, N.Y., April 19, 1983 -- A pool of 30 players, representing the outstanding young Americans under 20 years old, has been chosen by the United States Soccer Federation as final candidates for the United States National Youth Team that will play in the FIFA/Coca-Cola Cup - 1983 World Youth Championship in Mexico. The final 18-player selection that will represent the U.S. in the 16-nation Youth World Cup will come from this pool of 30 players.

The U.S. team was chosen following a series of regional tryouts designed to identify and develop this youth selection. Among those named to the 30-player pool are 15 members of the U.S. team that qualified for the Youth World Cup by virtue of a second-place finish in last summer's CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean) regional youth tournament. This will mark the second straight time the U.S. will play in the Youth World Cup, having also competed in the 1981 world competition in Australia.

"Each of these players have proven their abilities to perform at the national level. Without question, this selection represents the best that America has to offer at this time," said U.S. National Youth Coach Angus McAlpine. "Selecting a group of 30 players will enable me to look at varying combinations before naming the final 18. I will attempt to blend the team into a workable unit. It will be a very competitive situation selecting the final 18 -- we want to create a competitive environment and avoid complacency so each player is competing at the highest level to win a place on the team."

Each of the 30 players will report to the USOC's National Training Center in Colorado Springs to compete for the final 18 berths as well as prepare for upcoming Youth World Cup confrontations with Uruguay (June 3), Ivory Coast (June 5) and Poland (June 8). The Americans will train in

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Colorado Springs -- where altitude conditions are similar to Mexico -- from May 16-29 before departing for the Youth World Cup. The biennial event will be staged from June 2-19 in seven Mexican cities.

The pool of 30 players was submitted to the Federation Internationale de Football Association yesterday in keeping with Youth World Cup requirements that all rosters must be submitted 45 days prior to the beginning of the competition. The final 18-player national selection must be submitted to FIFA on May 24, 10 days prior to the opening of the Youth World Cup. FIFA World Youth Championship rules require that all players be born after Aug. 1, 1963.

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NOTES: Edward Bellion (Arlington, Tex.) is one of 24 referees that have been appointed by the FIFA Referees' Committee to officiate during the Youth World Cup. Toros Kibritjian of the United States officiated during the 1981 Youth World Cup in Australia. The National Youth Team of Scotland is slated to train for the Youth World Cup at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Scotland and the U.S. are expected to scrimmage during the late May training period in Colorado. Regional tryouts for the Youth selection were held in Las Vegas, Nev. (March 26-27); Alton, Ill. (April 9-10); Princeton, N.J. (April 16-17). It was inadvertently reported earlier that the Las Vegas tryout was held April 26-27. The U.S. also faced Uruguay and Poland in the Youth World Cup in 1981, losing by 3-0 and 4-0 scores respectively. The 16 nations competing in the Youth World Cup come from the following regional confederations of FIFA: Europe-Scotland, Poland, USSR, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Austria; CONMEBOL-Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina; Asia-South Korea, People's Republic of China; Africa-Nigeria, Ivory Coast; CONCACAF-USA, Mexico; Oceania-Australia.

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1986 WORLD CUP ROUNDUP

The USSF, in a telex received April 15 from FIFA, has been notified that a special delegation will visit the United States during the last week in April to further review the Federation's application to host the 1986 World Cup. The notification from FIFA buoys America's hopes of being awarded the 1986 World Cup and reverses a March 31 decision by the world body that it would only pursue the candidacy of Mexico. The telex from FIFA reads as follows: "Confirming our letter of 8 April and our telex of the same date, we inform you that a FIFA delegation will pay a visit to the USSF in order to discuss with the representatives of your Federation the 1986 World Cup bid. The visit will take place during the last week of April. Details will follow before 21 April." . . . Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, has accepted the invitation extended by the USSF to be chairman of the United States World Cup Organizing Committee. In his role as Chairman of the United States World Cup Organizing Committee, Kissinger will work in conjunction with the United States Soccer Federation's World Cup Organizing Committee, chaired by the Federation's Executive Vice President, Werner Fricker. . . . Howard Cosell, during ABC-TV's Emmy award-winning show "SportsBeat," will address the current situation involving the 1986 World Cup. The "SportsBeat" segment will be aired April 23 from 3:00-3:30 p.m. (Eastern time).

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By FRED LIEF UPI Sports Writer

NEW YORK (UPI) _ President Reagan accepted an invitation Tuesday from former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to serve as honorary chairman of the committee attempting to bring soccer's World Cup to the United States in 1986.

Kissinger, serving as a "soccer ambassador" for the United States, is to lead a delegation to Sweden, where FIFA, world soccer's governing body, will determine May 20 which country is to stage the 24-nation soccer extravaganza.

Mexico, which held the World Cup in 1970, has received strong indications it will be awarded the tournament. The United States and Canada are the other two candidates. Colombia, the original host, withdrew because of financial problems.

Gene Edwards, president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, this country's sole link to FIFA, said Reagan's involvement is largely symbolic. He added Reagan will take no direct action in an effort to influence the FIFA selection committee.

"We just want to show that the vital interests in this country have thrown their weight behind this," Edwards said Tuesday by phone from Milwaukee.

FIFA president Joao Havelange recently said his association would not be swayed by American politicians. Edwards said the latest announcement concerning Reagan is intended in the spirit of cooperation.

"We're going about this diplomatically," he said. "We're not going to play an adversary role. We're sportsmen and we're not trying to antagonize anyone."

The U.S., Canada and Mexico are to make 30-minute presentations to FIFA at the Stockholm meeting. The U.S. may send as many as 10 representatives.

Among those scheduled to go are: Kissinger, chairman of the U.S. World Cup committee; Werner Fricker, vice chairman of the committee; Edwards, USSF president; Kurt Lamm, USSF executive secretary; Phil Woosnam, commissioner of the North American Soccer League; and Howard Samuels, North American Soccer League president.

Others who may make the trip are Rafael de la Sierra, vice president of Warner Communications, owner of the New York Cosmos; and Pele and Franz Beckenbauer, two of the greatest players in soccer history who have spoken on behalf of the U.S. World Cup bid.

In an interview Tuesday in the London Times, Kissinger said FIFA should award the tournament to the U.S. on the basis of its written presentation or delay naming the host until an inspection is made of American and Canadian sites.

However, Edwards said the matter of delaying the announcement in Sweden is not the official USSF position. He said it would be inappropriate for the USSF to raise such an issue.

Last month in a surprise announcement, FIFA said only Mexico's bid was being considered and it would not visit Canada or the United States.

"If FIFA had come and then made a report on merit, nobody could complain," Kissinger said. "We would accept an inspection committee at any time, on very short notice and we're willing to answer any questions, but we do not want our case to be pre-judged."

Kissinger, a soccer enthusiast since his childhood in Germany, said if the World Cup were held in the U.S., the entire sport would benefit.

"It would make soccer a major sport in the U.S. and would mean Americans traveling abroad would take an enormous interest in the game," he said. "It would be tremendous for the game if it could become a major sport in a country as sports-minded as the U.S. It could be, and should be."

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# A Place for Soccer's World Cup

## Mexico Bid Seems The Strongest

By LAWRIE MIFFLIN

ACCUSATIONS fly between contaminants, carried in the newsprint of many languages. International figures hiss at one another in public and political cartoonists gleefully parody everyone involved.

In this particular tempest, however, the key characters represent neither governments nor multinational corporations. The key characters are sportsmen — the administrators who control the world's most popular sport.

At issue is which nation will be chosen to hold the 1986 World Cup finals in football — or as Americans call it, soccer.

Mexico, which staged the 1970 World Cup, is heavily favored. The United States and Canada, the only other candidates, believe that is unfair. The final decision is to be made May 20 in Stockholm, by the 21-man executive committee of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, soccer's world governing body.

No sports event rivals the quadrennial World Cup for fan interest in the world outside the United States. The most recent tournament, held last summer in Spain and won by Italy, was watched on television by more than one-fourth of the world's population.

But the United States has been lukewarm toward soccer, in keeping with its heritage of isolationism in athletics. This country's two favorite sports, baseball and football, are played here almost exclusively. Even in basketball and hockey, which are played elsewhere, Americans put far more emphasis on their own league games than on international competition. In most amateur sports, Americans seldom take notice of world tournaments other than the Olympics.

This isolationist tradition extends to the North American Soccer League, whose main contact with the world governing body, FIFA, was an angry dispute over the league's wish to modify some of the sport's universally obeyed rules. FIFA won that fight last year, after allowing the N.A.S.L. to

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### Mexican Stadiums For the World Cup

Those proposed, with locations and capacities.

<table><tr><td>Azteca (Mexico City)</td><td>110,000</td></tr><tr><td>68 Olympic (Mexico City)</td><td>75,000</td></tr><tr><td>Jose Lopez Portillo (Mexico City)</td><td>37,500</td></tr><tr><td>Jalisco (Guadalajara)</td><td>72,000</td></tr><tr><td>3 de Marzo (Guadalajara)</td><td>35,000</td></tr><tr><td>Universitario de Monterrey (Monterrey)</td><td>50,000</td></tr><tr><td>Tecnologico (Monterrey)</td><td>35,000</td></tr><tr><td>Cuauhtemoc (Puebla)</td><td>35,000</td></tr><tr><td>Nou Camp (Leon)</td><td>30,000</td></tr><tr><td>Venustiano Carranza (Morelia)</td><td>25,000</td></tr><tr><td>Luis Gutierrez Dosal (Toluca)</td><td>32,000</td></tr><tr><td>Luis Pirata Fuente (Veracruz)</td><td>45,000</td></tr><tr><td>Tamaulipas (Tampico)</td><td>38,000</td></tr></table>

Members of FIFA's technical committee in Mexico City last month, where they surveyed stadiums for possible use in the World Cup soccer games.

### The American Plan

The map at right shows some sites proposed by the U.S. Soccer Federation for World Cup games.

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experiment with a 35-yard offside line for nine years.

Those past antagonisms, combined with assorted miscalculations in the effort to bid for the 1986 World Cup, have hurt the United States' chances of snaring soccer's premier event.

Equally damaging, however, is the apparent predisposal toward Mexico of influential FIFA executives, including the president, João Havelange of Brazil. And there is no real way to hold FIFA executives accountable because, like their counterparts on the International Olympic Committee, they have no superiors.

"FIFA is run a bit like a country club," said Clive Toye, the president of the N.A.S.L.'s Toronto Blizzard, a member of Canada's World Cup Bid Committee and a longtime participant in international soccer affairs. "They have to know you before you're accepted. And now here are these upstarts from Canada and the U.S., Canada from whence FIFA hasn't heard a word in years, and the U.S. from whence all they've heard is bitterness and anger, and suddenly these people say they want the World Cup.

"But like it or not, to be part of international sport, you have to play by the rules. If you're going to join a club, you abide by the club's rules. When you become president, you can change the rules. But you don't change them by standing outside the door, kicking at it, and then spitting in the eye of the man who opens it."

Most of the kicking has been done by the N.A.S.L., not by the United States Soccer Federation or the Canadian Soccer Association, the sport's official governing bodies in those nations. The U.S.S.F. has been inclined to "play by the club's rules," but it has never managed to place a member in the club's controlling hierarchy — and that may be a drawback on May 20.

"There's no doubt that a tension exists between the N.A.S.L. and FIFA officials," said former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, who is the chairman of the United States World Cup Organizing Committee, a group of soccer officials, civic leaders and businessmen that includes Cyrus R. Vance, another former Secretary of State. "Also there's a concern that FIFA not be overwhelmed by the American organizers, that the people who run this thing year in and year out be treated respectfully."

The Americans involved with this project argue, however, that FIFA has not treated them with respect. FIFA's president, the tall, courtly-looking Dr. Havelange, has stated that he favors Mexico's candidacy.

At a press conference in Rio de Janeiro last Tuesday, Dr. Havelange was questioned about Mexico's economic stability, and whether it could afford to stage the World Cup. The country's foreign debt is approximately $85 billion, its inflation rate last year was 98.8 percent and its currency has been devalued by 82.5 percent in 15 months. And the Mexican World Cup Organizing Committee is advertising a 42-month repayment plan for tickets to 1986 Cup matches.

Dr. Havelange replied that Mexico stood to gross $80 million in World Cup television, ticket and marketing revenue. In 1982, Spain grossed $60 million, of which $33 million was profit divided among FIFA, the Spanish soccer federation, and the 24 national federations whose teams played in the finals. And he predicted that "by 1986 the Mexican foreign debt will have been practically absorbed by the United States, through the export of petroleum."

The American bidders also point out that two Mexicans sit on FIFA's 22-member 1986 World Cup organizing committee. One, Joaquin Soria Terrazas, is the president of the regional federation to which the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Central American and Caribbean countries belong (called Concacaf). The other, Guillermo Cañedo, ranks third in seniority among FIFA's eight vice presidents. Both men helped organize the World Cup held in Mexico in 1970, and the 1983 Youth World Cup to be held there next month, and both have been lobbying for Mexico's 1986 bid.

Mr. Cañedo is an executive with Televisa, Mexico's dominant television network, which holds the Mexican and United States Spanish-language television rights to the 1986 World Cup. The network's majority stockholder is Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, a leading Mexican businessman who is a friend of Dr. Havelange. Mr. Azcarraga also owns a leading professional team, called Club America, and the 110,000-capacity Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, the country's largest stadium.

"We have nobody who is close to the inner circle of FIFA," said Werner Fricker, a Horsham, Pa., businessman who is vice president of the U.S.S.F. and chairman of its World Cup committee. "We don't have all the pieces to the puzzle, and that's a definite shortcoming."

Mexico was aided in preparing for the 1970 World Cup by the experience

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Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, FIFA's general secretary.

of staging the Olympics in 1968. The United States has the Olympics in 1984, and would like to follow that pattern with the World Cup in 1986. Ironically, though, problems on the Olympic soccer front have added to FIFA's negative view of the Americans' World Cup bid.

FIFA organizes the Olympic soccer tournament for the I.O.C., and has the right to approve stadiums and conditions. As FIFA's arm here, the U.S.S.F. should have selected the Olympic stadium sites, but misunderstandings between the federation and the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee led to the sites being changed twice, with the L.A.O.O.C. making the final choices. FIFA approved them, but reluctantly. Three weeks ago in Paris, Dr. Havelange was quoted as saying, about the U.S.S.F., "If they can't manage four stadia for the Olympics, how can they manage 12 for the World Cup?"

Stadiums are a sore subject with the U.S.S.F. planners. FIFA's 35-page Terms of Reference, detailing various World Cup requirements, called for 12 stadiums, all with more than 40,000 capacity. Some must have more than 60,000 capacity (for the second round games) and at least one must hold more than 80,000, for the opening and final games.

The United States' application proposed 14 stadiums (two as alternates), the smallest of which holds 50,000 people. Six have a capacity of more than 80,000 and, counting those, eight have capacities of more than 75,000. In the four that have artificial turf, grass would be installed on top of the turf.

Mexico also proposed 14 stadiums, but only six exceed the minimum capacity of 40,000. Only three exceed 60,000 capacity. The assumption is that FIFA would allow Mexico to expand these facilities in the next three years, but this has not been officially announced.

In Mexico's favor, of course, is the fact that soccer is more established there among the populace, and fans are more likely to come to whatever stadiums are used. But the American organizers insist that, with proper marketing, they can attract average crowds of 35,000 for first-round games and 60,000 for second-round games, at ticket prices ranging from $10 to $40.

"This is not ordinary league games we're talking about," said Mr. Fricker. "We think a conservative estimate of ticket revenue is $42 million, and that's twice what Spain took in."

But the United States has not had a chance to make these arguments to the appropriate FIFA officials. After the three applications were submitted March 11, a five-man special committee, which is responsible for recommending the final decision to the federation's executive committee, began reviewing them. But on March 31, this committee announced that it would pursue only Mexico's bid, because those of the United States and Canada "deviated" too much from the FIFA requirements.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (UPI) - The president of world soccer's governing body, claiming financial sporting interests in the United States do not support soccer strongly enough, said Tuesday Mexico is the leading candidate to stage the 1986 World Cup.<

``Major financial interests in the United States are grouped behind baseball,'' Joao Havelanse, the Brazilian head of FIFA, told reporters. ``There is no room for soccer to expand.''<

Havelanse said the best stadiums in the United States were for baseball and that U.S. concern in hosting the 24-nation final appeared to be commercial rather than sporting.<

``FIFA has received more pressure from American politicians than it has from the (U.S.) soccer association directors,'' he said.<

Among the political figures involved in bringing the World Cup to the United States are Henry Kissinger and Cyrus Vance, each a former Secretary of State.<

FIFA is to vote May 20 in Sweden on the 1986 host. But the organization has previously indicated that Mexico is the top choice over the United States and Canada. Colombia, the original host, withdrew because of financial reasons.<

Havelanse said the United States and Canada would be allowed 30 minutes to press their case at the meeting in Sweden.<

The FIFA president said he has two observers in Canada studying that country's ability to hold the competition. But that appears to be little more than a formality.<

He added that preparations for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics indicated the scope of America's problem in catering to soccer.<

``The fields that have been allocated are no good for soccer,'' he said. ``In one of them, curiously, the dressing rooms are almost a kilometer away.''<

Havelanse said Mexico stood to gross $80 million from television, stadium advertising and ticket sales alone, not counting tourism and promotional benefits.<

Havelanse said Mexican President Misuel de la Madrid recently signed a decree guaranteeing FIFA key planning conditions for entry visas, currency transfers, air travel and other items.<

``And Mexico has a great advantage,'' he said. ``It has petroleum.''<

Brazil and Mexico are the two most indebted countries in the world. But Havelanse said Mexico's oil interests would ease its monetary problems by the time of the World Cup.<

``By 1986, the (Mexican) foreign debt will have been practically absorbed by the United States through exportation of petroleum,'' he said.<

Havelanse said declared candidates for the 1990 World Cup were the Soviet Union, England, Italy, Yugoslavia with joint ventures coming from Belgium-Holland and Austria-Hungary.<

Every four years the World Cup alternates between Europe and the Americas. The 1982 tournament was held in Spain.<

``One thing is certain,'' Havelanse said. ``Up to the end of this century the World Cup finals will be held only in the Europe-America axis, which is the same thing as saying that up to then Africa is out.''<

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (UPI) - The President of world soccer's governing body, claims financial sporting interests in the United States do not support soccer strongly enough, said Tuesday Mexico is its leadins candidate to stase the 1986 World Cup.<

"Major financial interests in the United States are grouped behind baseball," Joao Havelanque, the Brazilian head of FIFA, told reporters. "There is no room for soccer to expand."<

Havelanque said the best stadiums in the United States were for baseball and that U.S. concern in hosting the 24-nation final appeared to be commercial rather than sporting.<

"FIFA has received more pressure from American politicians than it has from the (U.S.) soccer association directors," he said.<

FIFA is to vote May 20 in Sweden on the 1986 host. But the organization has previously indicated that Mexico is the top choice for the United States and Canada. Colombia, the original host, withdrew because of financial reasons.<

Havelanque said the United States and Canada would be allowed 30 minutes to press their case at the meeting in Sweden.<

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"The fields that have been allocated are no good for soccer," he said. "In one of them, curiously, the dressing rooms are almost a kilometer away."<

Havelanque said Mexico stood to gross $80 million from television, stadium advertising and ticket sales alone, not counting tourism and promotional benefits.<

Havelanque said Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid recently signed a decree guaranteeing FIFA key planning conditions for entry visas, currency transfers, air travel and other items.<

"And Mexico has a great advantage," he said. "It has petroleum."<

Brazil and Mexico are the two most indebted countries in the world. But Havelanque said Mexico's oil interests would ease its monetary problems by the time of the World Cup.<

"By 1986, the (Mexican) foreign debt will have been practically absorbed by the United States through exportation of petroleum," he said.<

Havelanque said declared candidates for the 1990 World Cup were the Soviet Union, England, Italy, Yugoslavia with joint ventures coming from Belgium-Holland and Austria-Hungary.<

"One thing is certain," Havelanque said. "Up to the end of this century the World Cup Finals will be held only in the Europe-America axis, which is the same thing as saving that up to then Africa is out."<

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York and New Jersey, Merrill Lynch &
Company and the Western Union Corpo-
ration to provide the metropolitan area
with satellite communications.

Last Thursday, the New York City Board of Estimate gave approval for the Port Authority to begin building the Teleport on city-owned land on Staten Island. The initial construction is expected to cost $220 million and take five to eight years to complete, according to the Port Authority.

Robert E. Catlin, general manager of the Teleport project for the Port Authority, said it was no coincidence that the port agency is involved.

"It is through the medium of telecom-
munications that the future trade and
commerce vital to this region will be

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wrong they were. Lebanon, according
to Western diplomats and senior Leba-
nese officials, will not be the second
Arab country to sign a peace treaty with
Israel — it will more likely be the 22d.

An Unevitable Position

Lebanon is now in the unenviable position of effectively negotiating with Israel on behalf of the entire 22-government Arab world. Senior Lebanese officials say Beirut cannot agree to anything that would be unacceptable to the lowest common denominator of official Arab opinion on Israel.

There are three main factors prevent-
ing Lebanon from straying very far
from the Arab consensus on Israel, and
these will greatly limit Secretary of

The large turnout nationwide was seen as a setback to the Government, which had sought to portray May Day as a showdown that would prove that Solidarity was no longer a viable organization.

Today's demonstrations were the largest since widespread rallies marking the anniversary of the founding of Solidarity last Aug. 31. In the past, the Government has warned that continued outbreaks of demonstrations could endanger the planned visit of Pope John Paul II in June.

"I am very happy," Mr. Walesa said of the demonstrations in a telephone interview this evening from his home in Gdansk. "Physically, we did not have

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Kissinger and Vance Unite for Sake of Soccer

By LAURIE MIFFLIN

Henry A. Kissinger has faced many
challenges in top-level international,
diplomacy. So has Cyrus R. Vance.

Now the two former Secretaries of State are allied in a new diplomatic venture with the Federation Internationale de Football Association trying to overturn a decision that is almost certain to be upheld.

At stake is the 1986 site for the world's most popular sports event, soccer's World Cup. The quadrennial championship offers not just the potential for millions of dollars of tourist and ticket revenue, but the promise of a degree of international sports fame exceeding even that of the Olympics. Television experts estimate that the 1982 World Cup matches were watched by 1.3 billion people, or more than one-fourth the world's population.

Soccer's international governing body has all but confirmed Mexico as the host nation for the 1986 World Cup. But Mr. Kissinger wants the games in the United States. On Saturday he persuaded Mr. Vance to join the cause. He has also enlisted numerous prominent American corporate leaders. And Mr. Kissinger said that a joint resolution of Congress supporting the bid was expected to pass this week.

"Our basic mood is positive now,"
Mr. Kissinger said. "We are going at
this in a spirit of cooperation, and we
have put together an outstanding

preparation that meets every objec-
tion FIFA could possibly have."

FIFA is what buffs like the former Secretary of State refer to the international federation that is soccer's world governing body. Through it, national bodies such as the United States Soccer Federation may apply to stage the World Cup. Mr. Kissinger, a longtime advocate of soccer who wants to see the sport gain popularity in this country, is the chairman of the United States World Cup Organizing Committee.

Originally, Colombia was scheduled to stage the event, but, citing the high

cost of organizing it, withdrew last Oc-
tober. A special committee of the in-
ternational federation charged with
reviewing the three replacement ap-
plicants for 1986 has rejected the
dossiers of the United States and
Canada, and, following a recent in-
spection tour of Mexico's facilities,
decided to recommend that country.

"The U.S.S.F. has asked for a reconsideration and international federation has telexed back asking for our reasons," Mr. Kissinger said. "We hope to get at least another hearing on May 20 in Stockholm."

That is where the final decision is to
be made by the international federa-

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JOAO HAVELANGE: "It will be Mexico"

An interview made by Jacques FERRAN

After the resignation of the Brazilian government and the rejection of the United States and Canada candidacies, Mexico, looks quite clearly to believe it, will organize the 1986 Soccer World Cup. Can we assure that? Can we think of a new declination or of their willingness? To have things clear we found it most indicative to approach Joao Havelange, the man behind all the decisions. The president of FIFA is precisely in Cannes now, invited for a week by the organizers of the Youth Festival, and Jacques Ferran found him and questioned him. Below, the opinion of Havelange regarding all these matters and the comments of our special correspondent.

CANNES -- Joao Havelange, in polo shirt, polite, available, more attentive than his image calls for, is now in Cannes, after many years of absence, to attend a youth tournament which inspired part of his politics. And for his love for the Blue Coast of his youth. And also, at the same time, the necessity of justifying himself.

Havelange has visited the museums, attended the last session of Borg in Monaco, enjoyed the 'cuisine' of the best tables, attended most of the games in the tournament, and was accompanied by the new Adjoint of Sports in Cannes, Monsieur Meunou. He answers our questions without any affectation. You feel no embarrassment. All he has to produce he will assume, entirely.

The resignation of Brazil is on. Can you give us your comments?

Joao HAVELANGE: "It was at the demand of the president of the Brazilian republic that I established a statement of expenses non-reimbursable for my country to organize the World Cup. I indicated to him that Spain had to invest 230 million dollars (1,600 million francs) as lost funds in 1982. The surface of Spain has the extension of one of the states of Brazil. I concluded that Brazil had to invest 300 million dollars to host the 1986 World Cup. And I know that president Figueredo even sent a commission to Spain which brought a report that confirmed mine."

TOO EXPENSIVE FOR BRAZIL

Question: What are those irrecuperable expenses made by? We comment the other report, that of Guilde Coutinho, saying that Brazil would have a profit of 150 million dollars after finding the investment of 300 million dollars.

HAVELANGE: Brazil does not have at present other TV system than that of the image system: the PAL. To be able to reach the signals from the other systems it would cost 100 million dollars. Such Center of TV like the one in Buenos Aires and Madrid, costs 105 million dollars.

Then, he talks about the twelve stadios, the telex installations, telephone, etc. The external debt of Brazil is one of the largest of the world. And the Brazilian public is accustomed not to pay more

than two dollars (fifteen francs) for a soccer ticket. How can
you ask ten or twelve dollars per match of the World Cup?
FIFA has the obligation to ask for a high price in order to be
able to distribute its income among the different participating
teams.

Q: Giulite Coutinho, President of the Brazilian soccer federation affirmed he therefore asked for your advise to the most competent authorities of your country.

HAVELANGE: The advise of president Figuereido stated that Coutinho
without any authorization had assembled an interministerial
commission and menaced that would fire any man that would enter
into such matter. The president of the Brazilian Soccer federation
(CFB) insisted in having the matter known in the world and even
two days before the presidential decision made abusive demonstration
tried to assemble 120 signatures in an effort to press the decision
of the Chief of the Republic. Those facts prove an unstandable
vanity.

FOR THE INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY

Q: If Brazil would have been given the World Cup, would you have worked with Coutinho? And if Coutinho would cede his position, would it have to be the party of a presidential candidacy?

HAVELANGE: I have gotten the habit of submitting my own opinion to that of superior hierarchy if it is required. AT FIFA I had certain problems with some officials with respect to competence; and I think that if Coutinho would acted as I suggested him, he would have reached the same conclusion I reached. There is nothing else to do but to obey the presidential decision. That is not a decision that I took, it was the President's decision and he is the one who takes care of the interests of the country. When I organize a competition, I assume the full responsibility. When the government has to enter a fortune on it, then it has the right to intervene.

Q: If the World Cup would be among only six finalists as it was before, would Brazil be capable to organize it?

HAVELANGE: Certainly not. The difference is not considerable and the figures would be the same. It is only the formulas that increase.

profoundly

Q.: Don't you /regret, as a Brazilian, to see your country withdraw
from the competition to which it by heart has right to

["USELESS VISITS", "Q: The commission of FIFA has rejected the candidacies of the United States and Canada. Do they have the right to do so? Do you approve such decision?", "HAVELANGE: There is in effect a commission composed of Messrs. Neuberger, Lzcote, Schmidt, Blatter and Franchi. They have reviewed all the responses to the FIFA and they are the ones who rejected USA and Canada. To a good looser their decision will prove if their judgement was negative.", "Q: Have you ever had any hostility against the candidacy of the United States?", "HAVELANGE: Yes, and it all comes when I visited that country with regard to the Olympic Games, where I saw problems that were insolvable to my opinion. All the big stadia in the United States belong to baseball and American football, where the television invests large amounts of money. 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Excerpt From Noticias del Mundo - April 5, 1985

# Roles got Reversed

## HAVELANGE MAINTAINS HIS SUPPORT OF MEXICO

Cannes, France -- The president of the Federation Internationale de Football Associations, Joao Havelange, reiterated that he believes Mexico is the best country to host the finals of the 1986 World Cup although "East Germany is always ready to organize it."

The Brazilian sports official who is now here attending an International Soccer Youth Championship, declared to L'Equipe, a sports newspaper, he had twice negotiated with the Mexicans during the last six months and he saw no other alternative.

Colombia was assigned the hosting of the 1986 tournament but withdrew its purpose of organizing it due to economical difficulties. Brazil arised as the main favorite, but last month the government of that country also declined the possibility of organizing it for the same reasons.

A special commission of FIFA "discarded" the applications made by Canada and the United States and left the application of Mexico alone to be considered at the FIFA Executive Committee's meeting in Stockholm on May 20 this year.

When referring to the rejection of the American application, Havelange explained that "all the big stadios in the United States pertain to the American baseball or football tournaments in which the TV of that country invests enormous amounts of money."

"Those sports do not want the intrusion of soccer and even for the Olympic Games of next year we will have to play the soccer championship in college stadia," added Havelange.

The president of FIFA also pointed out that in several of the Northamerican states there is different legislature and therefore the organization of the tournament would face too many problems.

Regarding the Canadian bid, Havelange indicated it "proposed only eight or nine stadia" for the finals "which was unacceptable."

When talking about Brazil's withdrawal from the organization, Havelange indicated that "the 1986 Cup would be too expensive for Brazil. Besides, the Brazilian people is used to pay the equivalent of two dollars per tichet for soccer games and therefore would not be able to pay 10 or 12 dollars per game in a World Championship."

He indicated the Mexican economic problems are smaller than the Brazilian problems and Mexico could take advantage of the flow of American tourists for the games to be played in frontier cities.

He pointed out that if for any reason Mexico declines at the last minute or the commission which will visit that country finds it does not fulfill all the requirements, "East Germany is always ready to make it", although "I don't think it will be necessary because Mexico submitted the best proposal"

102N: HAK

FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PROPOSED PRESS RELEASE:

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4010371 REZR SJ

TO: GRAHAM PALMER

FROM: SUZANNE MCFARLANE

WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TELEX TO HAK ON
HIS ARRIVAL AND TELL HIM WE WERE UNABLE TO TRANSMIT
TO THE BOAT.

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DR. HENRY KISSINGER, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, TODAY ACCEPTED THE INVITATION EXTENDED BY THE UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION (USSF) TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED STATES WORLD CUP '86 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

LAST WEEK DR. KISSINGER TESTIFIED BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION AND TOURISM, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CHAIRED BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES FLORIO (D-NJ), IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE US BID TO HOST WORLD CUP '86. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN HAD PREVIOUSLY GIVEN HIS SUPPORT IN A LETTER TO USSF PRESIDENT GENE EDWARDS ON APRIL 7TH.

FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN BELGRADE ON SUNDAY BY DR. JORO HAVELANGE, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA), THAT THE FIFA SPECIAL COMMITTEE HEADED BY HERMANN NEUBERGER FROM WEST GERMANY WOULD NOW VISIT THE UNITED NATION TO INSPECT FACILITIES, THE US WORLD CUP '86 COMMITTEE HAS SET THE WHEELS BACK IN MOTION TO PREPARE FOR THEIR ARRIVAL. THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED

TO REPORT TO THE FIFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING IN STOCKHOLM ON MAY 18-20, WHEN THE HOST NATION FOR WORLD CUP '86 WILL BE SELECTED.

"I AM GREATLY HOLORED TO BE INVITED TO LEAD THE US WORLD CUP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR SUCH A MAJOR EVENT AS WORLD CUP '86," STATED KISSINGER. "HE PLAN ON INVITING A NUMBER OF THIS NATION'S MOST PROMINENT CIVIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO JOIN US ON THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. THEIR ACCEPTANCE WILL DEMONSTRATE TO FIFA THAT THE UNITED STATES IS TOTALY COMMITTED TO BECOMING HOST NATION FOR THE 1986 TOURNAMENT WHICH WE PROPOSE TO STAGE IN AT LEAST TWELVE CITIES OVER A FOUR-WEEK PERIOD STARTING IN MID-JUNE."

"WITHOUT QUESTION, THE WORLD CUP IS THE GREATEST EVENT ON THE SPORTING CALENDAR. MORE THAN 1.83 BILLION PEOPLE IN 92 COUNTRIES SAW THE TELECAST

OF THE WORLD CUP '82 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN SPAIN, WON BY ITALY, OVER WEST GERMANY. I AM EXTREMELY CONFIDENT THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS THE FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL TO MAKE WORLD CUP '86 THE MOST SUCCESSFUL YET STAGED. IN OUR PLENTY, THE ENORMOUS BENEFITS TO BE GAINED FROM STAGING WORLD CUP '86 IN THIS COUNTRY WILL BE FELT BY FIFA AND NATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE OUTSTANDING SUCCESS OF THE FIFA WORLD ALL-STAR GAME BEFORE A CAPACITY ATTENDANCE OF OVER 76,000 FANS AT GIANTS STADIUM, NEW JERSEY, IN AUGUST 1982, IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS NATION'S APPRECIATION FOR BID EVENTS AND TOP TALENT IN ALL SPORTS, AND OUR CAPABILITY FOR STAGING MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS.

IN RECENT DAYS, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL DECISION ON MARCH 31, BY FIFA NOT TO INSPECT OUR FACILITIES, WE HAVE RECEIVED TREMENDOUS MEDIA SUPPORT FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR WHICH WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE. NOW THAT THE FIFA DELEGATION HAS AGREED TO PAY US A VISIT, WE HOPE THAT OUR COMMITTEE CAN CONVINCE FIFA PRESIDENT DR. JORO HAVELANGE AND HIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE UNITED STATES AS HOST NATION. AWARDING SUCH MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP YEARS IN ADVANCE, HAS ITS COMPLICATIONS, BUT WE FEEL SURE THAT OF ALL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES, HAS THE STABILITY AS WELL AS ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS, TO JUSTIFY ITS SELECTION FOR WORLD CUP '86."

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NOTE: THEY MAY INTERPRESE QUOTES DIFFERENTLY.

for the 1986 tournament which we propose to stage in at least twelve cities over a four week period starting in mid-June."

"Without question, the World Cup is the greatest event on the sporting calendar. More than 1.3 billion people in 92 countries saw the telecast of the World Cup '82 Championship Game in Spain, won by Italy, over West Germany. I am totally confident that the United States has the facilities and personnel to make World Cup '86 the most successful yet staged. In our view, the enormous benefits to be derived from staging World Cup '86 in this country will be felt by FIFA and nations throughout the World. The outstanding success of the FIFA World All-Star Game before a capacity attendance of over 76,000 fans at Giants Stadium, New Jersey, in August 1982, is a fine example of this nation's appreciation for big events and top talent in all sports, and our capability for staging major sporting events."

In recent days, following the initial decision on March 31, by FIFA not to inspect our facilities, we have received tremendous media support from throughout the world for which we are very appreciative. Now that the FIFA delegation has agreed to pay us a visit, we hope that our committee can convince FIFA President Dr. Joao Havelange and his Executive Committee to select the United States as host nation. Awarding such major championship, years in advance, has its complications, but we feel sure that of all countries in the world, the United States has the stability, as well as all other requirements, to justify its selection for World Cup '86."

They may intersperse The quotes differently.

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PROCEEDINGS

HOST: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

It's our pleasure today to welcome former Secretary of State Kissinger and also to introduce him, the Director of the U.S. Information Agency, Charles Z. Wick.

MR. WICK: As the Director of the United States Information Agency it's -- this is one of the great perks I get on my job, to have the opportunity to sit next to one of the world's great men, one of history's great men. There's no point in my telling you much about Dr. Kissinger that you don't already know except that last night he was honored by his peers and admirers with the gift in his name of a million dollar chair at Georgetown University -- with a gift of an endowment of a chair for one million dollars at the Georgetown University, at the CSIS, to try and perpetuate, as far as a million dollars will carry it, Dr. Kissinger's great record of excellence and keen perceptions of dynamic events.

Without anything else, I have the honor to utter the words, Dr. Henry Kissinger, welcome.

DR. KISSINGER: Thank you very, very much, Mr. Wick, for these objective statements (laughter) -- which

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTING
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I think are classic examples of Anglo-Saxon understatement.
(Laughter.)

But I am very grateful for providing this
opportunity. I am here to talk about soccer, not about
international affairs. And I'll just briefly tell you
how I got involved in this. As a boy, I was my father's
despair because he thought I should concentrate on the
higher things in life, like opera, and I thought I should
go to the soccer field in the town where I was born, in
southern Germany.

That town had the distinction that its
home team never lost at home and rarely went away from
home, because we had a great -- the spectators had a
great capacity to intimidate referees. (Laughter.)
At any rate, this is how my enthusiasm for soccer
developed.

I have always thought that it should be
also a major sport in the United States. Whenever I
travel around the world I attend soccer games. I've been
in England and in France and in Brazil attending soccer
games. I've attended the last four world cups, starting
with the one in 1970 in Mexico. So, this is -- I'm
mentioning all of this indicating I'm not just giving my

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name to an enterprise. This is something that I'm
really interested in bringing to the United States. I
believe also that to have the world cup in the United
States would make the sport a major sport in the United
States, enable the United States to share in what is
undoubtedly the most popular game in the world, and put
the backing of the United States behind what is already an
extremely popular game.

Now, I became involved in this rather late
in the proceedings. As I understand it, there was the --
first Colombia had been awarded the games. The games
alternate between the Western Hemisphere and Europe every
eight years. So, Colombia was awarded the games. Then
when the format of the games was expanded from 16 to 24,
Colombia decided it could not build the necessary
facilities and withdrew.

So, we, in this country, had made no
preparations because we did not want to compete with
Colombia. The understanding that the officials of the
United States Soccer Federation had was that they would
submit an application, then a team from FIFA (?) would
visit the United States and then a final decision would be
made this Friday in Stockholm. They submitted an application

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which they considered as a series of talking points and
they were going to supplement it with the details when
the visiting team came here, the visiting group came here.

Suddenly, the visiting group was cancelled
and decided to visit only Mexico and not the United
States. At this point they asked me to cooperate in it
so I got into this rather late.

I thought, and I still think, that the
United States is entitled to equitable treatment. I love
Mexico. I have been in Mexico -- I have spent months in
Mexico every year. The point is that the world cup has
never been repeated in the same country twice, and here it
would be repeated two out of three times within a 16-year
period, two out of a possible three times, in the same
country.

And we would like the United States to be
given a reasonable chance at it.

After I became associated with it, in
April, after April 1st, we formed a committee of leading
businessmen to indicate that we had financial support.
The Congress of the United States passed unanimously a
joint resolution indicating the backing of the Congress.
The President of the United States agreed to become

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Honorary Chairman of our organizing committee, and
President Ford and Secretary Vance joined the organizing
committee to indicate that there was broad-based support.

Of course, the games will have to be run
by soccer people. But we have this committee in order to
indicate that all the technical requirements can and will
be met. The White House has given us a letter that all
the guarantees that are needed and there are similar to
the Olympic Games guarantees, will be met by the White
House. I want to express my appreciation to President
Reagan and his associates for the tremendous support they
have given us.

I'm going tomorrow to Stockholm. I, frankly,
am not very optimistic because it seems to me that some
preliminary decisions have already been made. But I hope
that we will be given a chance to present our case and to
be given an equitable chance at this and that either we
will be awarded the games or at least that FIFA will
delay a decision and send an inspection team here to look
at our facilities and then make a judgment after they have
visited all the concerned countries.

This is what I wanted to say in the way of
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questions. Will you tell me what media you represent so
that I know where I'm being attacked from? (Laughter.)

HOST: Well, we'll start with Mexico.

DR. KISSINGER: Oh, my God!

(Laughter.)

QUESTION: Dr. Kissinger, we met before. Probably you don't remember me. I'm representing TeleVisa, the 24-hour news program. I don't like to sound partial because I'm from Mexico, so please don't take my question as a Mexican.

DR. KISSINGER: I don't think anybody here thought I was being partial, do you?

(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: Please.

QUESTION: Why do you think that there has been such a slow reaction to soccer? Because the games have been transmitted for a long time and then when Pele left, also the attendance dropped and there's fear that when you leave and all these figures leave it will drop again. Why is this?

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Mexico, and you will have noticed that none of us have
said anything except supporting our own case, and we have
great regard for Mexico. But that's not your question.
But I want to make that clear, because I have great
affection for Mexico.

Now, the game of soccer in the United States
has suffered from a number of disabilities. It hasn't had
a regular season until fairly recently, among the major
sports. And then, frankly, I think too many foreign
players have been imported, which made it difficult to
achieve a coherent style. I think one of the interesting
things of having the world cup in the United States would
be to see how cohesive teams that follow -- that express
their national character in their style of play, how they
function.

Still, the game of soccer has grown
enormously in popularity. It's, I think, the leading
high school sport today. It's growing in popularity in
colleges and it's only a question of time until it -- until
the people who are now playing it and their parents will
become more -- will become regular patrons of the sport,
and I think that the world cup would put it over the top
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the world cup here would not just quit their interest in
the game after it's been held here. In addition to the
tremendous exposure -- you may all remember that the
football, professional football, was always teetering on
the brink until there was, I think it was in 1957 or
'55, there was a playoff game between the Baltimore Colts
and the New York Giants which went into overtime and which
was seen on television, and from then on the game
exploded, and I think the same thing will happen here,
with the world cup.

HOST: Yolanda, excuse me. We're going to
have to move around. Our time is limited and we have to
take as many questions as possible. Edgardo?

QUESTION: Edgardo Reis of El Globo, Brasil.

Like you said before, you were not optimistic
in your trip to Stockholm. One of the reasons is that,
as you know, the President of FEFA, Jorno Valange (?),
already signed a contract with TeleVisa, the Mexican
TV group, for the transmission of the world cup games.
So, what's the point of your trip to Stockholm?

DR. KISSINGER: Well, I don't know about this.
It's a rather odd procedure that he would sign a television
contract before the games had been awarded, and while an

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inspection team is supposed to be looking objectively at
the facilities. I have to say this would not be, if
this is correct -- it is not an equitable procedure, and
I don't know whether the whole Executive Committee has
approved that.

But secondly, there's no reason why Mexican
television cannot televise the games from the United
States, and we would not stand in the way in any sense
of televising the games from the United States, except
in the United States, where separate arrangements would
have to be made, but this is the case anyway. I don't
believe Mexican television is going to do -- but we would
go out of our way to make sure that all commercial
obligations that exist would be fulfilled, and it should
not be awarded on the basis of commercial criteria
because we would not want to disadvantage anybody who in
good faith entered an agreement.

QUESTION: Excuse me, Dr. Kissinger. You
said that TeleVisa signed the contract. Did the other
side sign the contract too?

DR. KISSINGER: I don't know. I've not
heard -- this gentleman seems to be informed.

QUESTION: It's information that came from

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my newspaper in Brazil just yesterday.

DR. KISSINGER: Well, I --

QUESTION: What's your reaction?

DR. KISSINGER: Well, I have heard rumors to that effect. All I can say is legally the decision has not been made, technically. If such an agreement exists, I see no reason why TeleVisa cannot televise the games from here, as well. They don't have to be in Mexico to be broadcast by Mexican television, and the organizing committee here would certainly go out of its way to work with the Mexican television organizers on whatever rights they have established.

HOST: Middle East?

QUESTION: Samil Karam, representing Al Khafar of Lebanon.

Dr. Kissinger, you know that soccer is quite popular, both in Egypt and in Israel. Do you have an explanation why they do not play soccer together?

(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: It's hard to imagine why they don't, given their proximity. I suppose they are -- I guess Egypt plays in the African group and Israel plays in the Middle Eastern group, or plays in the European

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group.

HOST: Mouda?

QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, Mouda Espinosa

from EFA, Spanish News Agency.

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Mr. Havilanchi has been very critical of the United States' qualifications to get the tournament and can you tell us, without being critical of Mexico or any other country, on what basis are you asking for this, for the cup? I mean just, you know, he has mentioned different time zones, the long distances and everything. Could you elaborate on that?

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DR. KISSINGER: I think that Mr. Havilanchi made those comments before he read our submission. There are, first of all, we have presented to FEFA, or we are presenting to FEFA, two different schemes for holding the games. One is on both the West Coast and the East, one in which the first round would be played all over the country, in four different areas, West Coast, East Coast, Midwest, and the southern part.

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people on the West Coast with an interest in soccer.

We don't quite understand why the difference in time zones should be so important. They play, as you know, in really three phases. The first phase in which 24 nations participate. A second phase in which 12 nations participate. And a third phase in which four nations participate.

One can arrange for nearly a week between the first and the second phase so that teams from the West Coast would have a week to get used to the difference in time zone and one could equally well say in Mexico you have the problem of altitude, which after all also presents problems. Every country will present some problem.

So, we would be prepared, however, if FIFA is concerned about the difference in time zones, to hold the games so that they would be in practically the same time zone, and we would let FIFA decide -- some of the other criticisms, I think, were not based on adequate information. They were concerned about governmental guarantees. We have overcome this by a letter from the White House which formally extended all the guarantees that were requested, plus supporting documents from all

the governors of the states where the stadiums are.
We have arranged for the rebuilding of those stadiums
that need, for example, there are five of the stadiums
that we have selected that would have to be changed from
artificial turf to grass. We have arranged for this.
So, I think the technical objections are no longer valid
and were based on earlier information.

QUESTION: Dr. Kissinger, Antonio Plementa, newsman of L'Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Let's look a little bit beyond the world cup and what do you intend to do about the promotion of soccer in the U.S. after that?

DR. KISSINGER: After the world cup?

QUESTION: Yes. And do you intend -- is it possible to create a reverse international seminar, for instance, to take Americans to see and try to educate them abroad and to organize some sort of a promotional idea?

DR. KISSINGER: You know, I really believe -- you see, one of the things that is always -- I wanted to write an article once on the subject of how the different national characters are expressed in the style of soccer that the nations are playing. Brazil would come out very well in this because I like offensive football.

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But I think that the world cup would put soccer in the United States over the top, and then when Americans travel abroad and are interested, they can be encouraged to go and see games, and once we have an American national team that competes regularly in international matches, the same would happen in America as happens in all the other foreign countries, namely that a certain amount of patriotism and interest would develop and I think this would inevitably flow from having the world cup in the United States in '86, and when one thinks of what the world cup would do for soccer in the United States compared to what it could do somewhere else, I really think that the FEFA executives ought to take that into consideration.

QUESTION: Magda Abufadel, Shakal Ouset
Newspaper of Saudi Arabia.

Do you see a time when soccer players in the United States will be caught up in the same commercial atmosphere that football players are, thus, detracting from the game itself and the fun of the sport?

DR. KISSINGER: Well, I am an avid reader of soccer magazines, of football magazines, in -- all over the world. And when -- I must say that depending, of

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course, on the commercial possibilities of the various countries, when one reads about the transfers of players from one club to another in Germany or in Britain or between these countries, and Italy, and in many Latin American countries, you can't say that it is non-commercialized.

Now, of course, if the sport becomes as popular as I think it will become, or can become, there will be some commercial activities. But finally any sport has to be fun, and any sport has to be exciting. And for the spectators, that's what is of interest. That's what interests me. I don't care about these problems of who gets what. I like to see an exciting game. That's why, with all respect, I love to see Brazil play. It's always exciting. Lousy goalkeepers but --

(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: -- good offense. Now I can't visit Brazil any more.

QUESTION: We've picked the ball to the Middle East.

DR. KISSINGER: Where?

QUESTION: To the Middle East.

DR. KISSINGER: Middle East. What?

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QUESTION: We'll kick the ball to the Middle East now.

DR. KISSINGER: No political questions.
(Laughter.)

QUESTION: We give one away for that.

DR. KISSINGER: No, no, I don't want to confuse politics --

HOST: I'm sorry. We're going to have to go back here. Do you have time for two more questions?

DR. KISSINGER: Sure.

QUESTION: Walter Eckenberg, Swiss Broadcasting. You make it sound like it was a simple misunderstanding between the FEFA and the American organization team. But in this country there were a lot of attacks too towards the FEFA, and it's kind of hard to believe that an organization, a world organization like the FEFA, would create that much misunderstanding. What do you think? Who fumbled in this whole thing?

DR. KISSINGER: Well, I think there has been a history of misunderstandings between FEFA and, for example, the North American Soccer League. The North American Soccer League played for a while by rules that are different from others, and FEFA finally gave them

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an ultimatum to which they yielded. So, I'm not saying
that the fault was entirely -- I'm not assessing -- I'm
not assessing blame.

When I became involved, after I forget what
the date was-- around April first -- I insisted that
the backbiting had to stop between the various American
groups. There was another problem that we have in this
country. The IFA-related organization is the United
States Soccer Federation and they were not on the ideal
terms with the North American Soccer League. So that there
were internal fights in this country as well.

We're now unified. The head of the United
States Soccer Federation is going to introduce our
presentation in Stockholm. One of the good results of
these controversies has been that we are now unified in
this country and that we now have the possibility of
moving forward in a unified way. And there's no doubt that
IFA was suspicious of the United States from two different
points of view, both of them having some merit, one that
there wasn't enough support for it in this country and
another that the Americans might try to run the show
entirely themselves.

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it has been done every other place. It will be under FFA direction and one of the purposes will be to have the American soccer evolution in the same framework as that of other countries.

So, you are quite right to point out that the history didn't start on March first. But if you look at the handling of the American application, we do think we deserve a fuller hearing than we have had. Whatever misunderstandings preceded it. And whoever's fault it was.

QUESTION: Rafael Ramos from La Vanguardia,

Barcelona.

One of the arguments that I have heard in favor of awarding the games to Mexico is that Mexico being a country in a major economic crisis and with a weak currency at this point, would make it easier for foreign people to go to see the games and make them a success from an economical point of view. Do you think that's a factor?

DR. KISSINGER: Oh, I hope very much that by 1986 Mexico will no longer be in an economic crisis.

I cannot imagine that Mexico would present its case with the argument that by 1986 it is still in a major economic crisis.

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(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: And that its currency will be weak. I think by that time Mexico will be booming again and expensive.

(Laughter.)

HOST: Last question.

QUESTION: Egorov, TASS News Agency.

How many professional or amateur soccer
teams do you have in the United States?

DR. KISSINGER: Excuse me. I didn't --
he was explaining to me who you were so I --

QUESTION: TASS News Agency.

(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: Now ask me a friendly
question.

QUESTION: Oh, yes, very friendly.

(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: Remember, I initiated
detente.

QUESTION: How many professional or amateur
teams of international standard do you have in the United
States? And the second question. How much money your
committee proposes to spend for world cup?

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DR. KISSINGER: I didn't understand the first question. Would you give me the first question again?

QUESTION: Yes. How many professional or amateur soccer teams do you have in the United States which corresponds to international standards? Good teams.

DR. KISSINGER: Well, that's a good question.

(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: But, you know, again, in fairness, if you look at some of the other applicants, Mexico also doesn't have all that many internationally competitive teams. But that isn't the -- how many teams do we have? The sport is being developed here and I would guess that the North American Soccer League teams can compete with teams in Africa, the Middle East, the Far East. They cannot compete yet with the very best European and the very best Latin American teams. And there's no sense pretending otherwise. And I would expect that the Team America would probably be eliminated in the first round. But that also happened to Spain which is a great soccer country. No, actually they were in the second round. They were in the second round. I apologize.

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They were eliminated in the second round.

So, undoubtedly we have to build up the
sport in the United States.

Now, with respect to the second question,
how much money we are going to raise, we haven't drawn up a
budget. But with the backing that we have from -- we
have, on our organizing committee of 25 we have 10 chief
executive officers of the largest corporations in this
country. We only have 10 because we wanted to have for
the purposes of this presentation a predominance of
football or soccer experienced individuals.

But we can get between the people we have on
the committee, support that we have had from President
Reagan and the Congress, and our own connections, we can
get the widest possible backing and we can raise a
substantial amount of money and I would be quite certain
that we can match and exceed any possible competitor in
the amount of money that we can put behind the games.

But we expect the games to make money in
this country. We expect to have very large groups of
spectators and I don't think there'll be a financial
problem.

We'll take this as the last question. Did you

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have your hand up?

QUESTION: Yes, sir.

HOST: We had someone over here first.

DR. KISSINGER: Okay. Well, we'll take both.

QUESTION: Winfried Hunser, Stuttgart

Atzeitung, Germany.

Mr. Kissinger, which national soccer league
do you actually regard the strongest?

DR. KISSINGER: I'm not crazy before the
world --

(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: But, you know, the teams
that I know best, simply because I'm most in these
countries, I've followed the Bundeslega a lot and then
I follow the English league, regularly, and I look at the
Italians, of course, but I haven't seen any club games in
Italy. Those are the three where I know -- a friend of
mine owns a team in Italy. So I have started following
that. Then in Brazil I try to get the scores because I
like the Brazilian style of soccer.

HOST: The Secretary is being very generous
with his time. He does have another appointment. We
will take one more question since he had already recognized

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QUESTION: Muhammad Ali, London Times.

Just a philosophical question but a serious one. What, obviously, it will product great secretaries of State but what other impact do you expect, if soccer explodes here, to have on the American character, on its evolution, metabolism?

(Laughter.)

QUESTION: No, it's a very serious question.

(Laughter.)

DR. KISSINGER: Well, I'll tell you, I haven't given that any profound consideration, and it's possible that the American character is indestructible even by soccer.

(Laughter.)

HOST: Thank you, Mr. Secretary, and thank you, Mr. Wick, for joining us.

(End of briefing.)

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