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VIENNA, Austria--President Kurt Waldheim yesterday rejected the "slanders, hateful demonstrations and wholesale condemnations" of those who want him to resign and urged the nation to unite behind...
...televised speech appeared certain to deepen divisions caused by the report of an international panel of historians last week. The report questioned Waldheim's moral integrity and said he did nothing to stop Nazi atrocities during World War II despite being "in close proximity" to them...
...Spiegel claims that it conducted tests on the paper, ink and official markings to verify the age of the document. But Waldheim's supporters quickly dismissed it as a fake. Presidential Spokesman Gerold Christian said Waldheim "had neither ordered deportations nor rendered them possible in any way." Others said Plenca's disclosure seemed timed to cast doubt on a forthcoming report by a panel of international historians charged with examining Waldheim's war record. Initiated by the Austrian Foreign Ministry last summer, the group plans to deliver its final report next week...
Legal experts could only speculate on the telegram's authenticity and whether it proved that Waldheim had committed war crimes. Declared an official of the U.S. Administration, which last year barred Waldheim from entering the country: "This document, if it is genuine, is more than prima facie evidence of Waldheim's guilt. Besides, where did he think they were being sent, to summer camp...
...panel's methods, declaring, "They spent two hours a day for two days in the archives in Belgrade. How can that be compared to my investigations of 40 years?" True enough. But unless impartial experts are permitted to examine the telegram and other evidence thoroughly, his charges against Waldheim will remain clouded...