TANZANIA: MUHAMMAD ALI ARRIVES ON FIRST STAGE OF AFRICAN MISSION TO WIN SUPPORT FOR U.S. OLYMPIC BOYCOTT CALL.

Record ID: 1045743

  • Title: TANZANIA: MUHAMMAD ALI ARRIVES ON FIRST STAGE OF AFRICAN MISSION TO WIN SUPPORT FOR U.S. OLYMPIC BOYCOTT CALL.
  • Date: 4th February 1980
  • Summary: 1. SV: Plane taxiing on runway 0.05 2. GV: Ali out of plane down steps and greeted by Tanzanians 0.22 3. SV: Ali walks across runway with crowd 0.54 4. CU: Ali speaking in English PULL BACK TO SEMI VIEW 1.58 ALI: "I'm here to say that if Russia is allowed to take over Afghanistan - lets assume Russia came to your country a few months ago, and Russia took you all over - would you like it? How would you.... would you want support from the world. One problem with us today is we tend to say, well it didn't happen to us. You see all people of various colours are all brothers under God. Now if this happens there, it could happen anywhere else. I'm just saying that we should make some effort to let the Russians know that we don't approve, and I think that if the Russian people see that the Olympics won't go on, they'll know the government must have done something wrong - because the Russian government, from what I understand, don't report to their people what 's going on. Now if we don't show up for the Olympics, that's the first sign that we're serious. Now there's another alternative. We could push a few buttons and shoot a few missiles and rockets, and start a nuclear war, I don't think that would be any good to you or nobody." Ali promised to confront President Carter with the grievances raised by officials from the African States he visited on his tour, when he returned to America. Initials RH/ TELERECORDING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 18th February 1980 12:00
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  • Location: DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA
  • Country: Tanzania
  • Reuters ID: LVA3SKC5UNFNGN4O3867FCYG5X84
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