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FINLAND AND THE XII OLYMPIC GAMES 157
sent out to 62 countries, work had to be begun on the construc-
tion of new competition sites, plans made for housing visitors,
the sale of tickets regulated because the demand exceeded the
supply already in Finland, propaganda had to be organized, etc.
The sanction of Parliament was also needed for the financing
of the Games; this was received in November in connection with
the State Budget.
As new and unforeseen problems began to crowd in on the
Organization Committee, the committee came to an arrangement
with the Municipality of Helsinki on May 4th 1939 for a division
of labour, the municipality undertaking to see to the building
and putting into order of competition sites and the technical
appliances needed for these, matters relating to traffic, police
and public order, the housing and feeding of the Olympic public,
the decoration of the city and the provision of public amuse-
ments. The Organization Committee was to make the athletic
arrangements for the Games, arrange the reporting and announ-
cements in connection with the Games, appoint officials, judges,
etc., draft the programme for the Games, provide a picture ser-
vice, take care of the Press and carry out the Games propaganda,
see to the housing and feeding of competitors, and arrange for
the sale of tickets and the granting of film and broadcasting
rights.
The post as Chief Secretary of the Games, who was to be
entrusted with executive powers in current business of an urgent
nature, was entrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel V. A. M. Karikoski.
As early as October 1938, Herr Werner Klingeberg, a German,
had arrived in Finland to act as technical adviser to the Organiza-
tion Committee; Herr Klingeberg had been the right hand man
of the Chief Secretary of the Olympic Games in 1936 and had
acted as technical adviser in Japan in 1937—38. From Tokio,
Herr Klingeberg brought with him valuable archives of Olympic
documents.
During the summer of 1939 preparations for the Olympic
Games were proceeding at top speed, and the machinery created
was functioning effectively. In the Olympic Games Bureau, which
started on September i2th 1938 with 9 paid workers, a staff
°f 162 was at work. In addition several hundred voluntary
workers were working for the Games in 17 sections for different
branches of sport, and in separate sections for the Press, art,