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1956 Olympics invitation: extremely rare invitation to…
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Melbourne
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6-Nov-2008
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1956 Olympics invitation: extremely rare invitation to Netherlands Olympic Attache's cocktail Party, with pinned to it letter 'The Netherlands Olympic Attache, Mr.E.J. Smiley, Regrets to advise that, owing to the withdrawal of the Netherlands Team from the Olympic Games, the cocktail party which was to have been held has now been cancelled', the Netherlands, Spain & Switzerland withdrew from the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, in protest at the Soviet presence at the games, after the Soviet Union invaded Hungary and crushed the Hungarian Revolution. Ex Philip Miskin, the Commandant of the Olympic village. (2 items)
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Memorabilia: Sporting - Olympics and Other Games