Word: waldheim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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VIENNA. Austria--President Kurt Waldheim said yesterday he did nothing wrong as a German army officer during World War II and the U.S. decision to bar him on grounds of involvement in Nazi atrocities is incomprehensible...
...have a clear conscience. You can trust me," Waldheim told the nation in a five minute speech on radio and television...
Investigators found evidence that Waldheim "participated in persecutions for rasons of race or religion under the Nazi regime," Attorney General Edwin Meese III said yesterday in Brussels...
...stories produced a new flurry of charges and countercharges over Waldheim's wartime record. In Austria, Christian sought to clarify the Kozara episode, emphasizing that the former United Nations Secretary-General never actually fought the Yugoslav partisans and noting that this was not the first time he had admitted being in the area. He also denied that the Soviets had conspired to recruit Waldheim...
Meanwhile, in Washington, the Justice Department was still considering whether to place Waldheim on a watch list of suspected war criminals, which would bar him from visiting...