 Ten Arab nations objected to their flags flying at half-staff and the mandate was rescinded.Willi Daume, president of the Munich organizing committee, initially sought to cancel the remainder of the Games, but in the afternoon Brundage and others who wished to continue the Games prevailed, stating that they could not let the incident halt the Games.Brundage stated "The Games must go on, and we must ... and we must continue our efforts to keep them clean, pure and honest."