In your timeline did the 1996 Olympics occur.

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Originally Posted by Legbreaker

I'm not so sure there would have been any significant hostility between the USA and USSR at that time.

The US is providing China with a serious amount of high tech weapons which broke up the Soviet Spring 1996 offensive. I am sure they are not pleased about that. Given that both '80 and '84 saw boycotts, a boycott in '96 would not surprise me.

As far as infiltration I would see the Sovs looking to sabotage manufacturing facilities or ports if they could do it deniably.