Each of the six Olympic boroughs is to be given two five-star passes to the Games. Their council leader and chief executive will get access to top seats at sports events and VIP lounges.
The passes are in addition to the 200 tickets that each of the 33 London local authorities can purchase. Games organiser Locog insisted the high-level passes are an operational necessity.
However, they are effectively a free ticket to most venues for borough leaders - who have taken the moral high-ground in insisting they will not use taxpayers' money to go to the Games.
Passholders will be able to access any venue in the Olympic Park plus any venues in their borough. The Olympic boroughs are Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Newham, Greenwich and Barking and Dagenham.
In a letter to Greenwich council, obtained by the Standard under the Freedom of Information Act, Locog chief executive Paul Deighton writes: "The accreditation will also provide seating privileges in the Olympic Family seating area to watch the sports competition at the venue.
"As the eyes of the world focus on Greenwich ... this accreditation will allow you to represent your borough ... and promote your venues."
Greenwich purchased 200 tickets for £10,000, including £1,200 for eight to the opening and closing ceremonies. The borough refused to say who will receive the tickets and who will pay.
A Locog spokesman said the accreditation for Olympic borough chiefs would "facilitate access to the Park and venues should we need them in their roles as core delivery partners, for example for media purposes or should any operational issues arise."
The Prime Minister, his deputy, the Chancellor, Olympics minister, and Home, Foreign and Culture Secretaries will be treated as "honoured guests".
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Passes will also go to the Queen and Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Camilla, William, Kate and Harry, and London 2012 and City Hall staff.
