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Most Austrians feel the decision to bar President Kurt Waldheim from the U.S. ((WORLD, May 11)) was rude and offensive, especially since Austria is a friendly country. While many Austrians are unhappy about the way Waldheim handled the charges that were leveled against him, they are convinced he committed no crimes during World War II. Austria should not be treated like a banana republic. This nation's painful history, particularly from 1918 to 1945, is much too complicated to be judged by U.S. officials. As far as Waldheim's "incomplete" memory is concerned, he joins the ranks of other respectable...
...judgment for former Nazis. In Israel, the trial of John Demjanjuk, 66, accused of being the sadistic guard "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka death camp, has entered its 13th week, with a verdict expected next fall. Last week Austrian President and former United Nations Secretary- General Kurt Waldheim, 68, recently barred from entering the U.S. on suspicion of abetting Nazi crimes, ordered a state prosecutor to file suit for slander / against Edgar Bronfman, president of the World Jewish Congress, for claiming that Waldheim had been "part and parcel" of the Nazi machine. Still awaiting final review of his case...
...judgment against the Austrian people," the government of Chancellor Franz Vranitzky reacted with calculated displeasure. Austria pointedly recalled its Ambassador from Washington for consultations and rejected the U.S. charges as "unproven." Nor did officials in Vienna accept the U.S. view that the law excluding Waldheim permits waivers for those with diplomatic status. Said Foreign Minister Alois Mock: "You cannot differentiate between a private person and the President." But Vranitzky stopped short of canceling a scheduled visit to Washington later this month, explaining that he now needs to use his meeting with Reagan to press for the evidence on which...
...Waldheim denounced the U.S. decision as "dismaying and incomprehensible" and told Austrians in a nationwide TV address, "I have a clear conscience." Many Austrians rallied to his defense, feeling that he had not been allowed to defend himself in what amounted to an "inquisition," as one Vienna newspaper put it. Some publications called for Waldheim's resignation, less out of shame than as a way of ending the diplomatic isolation that threatens to accompany his presidency. Said the Socialist Party daily Arbeiter-Zeitung: "By resigning, Kurt Waldheim could take this weight off all of Austria." Waldheim is not expected...
Reagan and Nakasone meet and try to avoid a trade clash. -- An American death in Nicaragua. -- U. S. to Waldheim: stay home...