French Decorations for Olympic Officials French High Commissioner for youth and sports , Maurice Herzog ( right ) pictureed during the ceremony at the French Embassy here , December 26th , when he bestowed the ' Commandeur Sportiv ' - The highest French sports decoration on Japanese Olympic Officials ( Left to right ) Tsuneyoshi Takeda , Mitswiro Ishii and ShingoroTakaishi , for their outstanding efforts in preparing for the 1964 Olympics , Pinning the award around the neck of Mr Takaishi is M Crespin a French delegate on the Olympic Staff 1st January 1964