‘I have a clear conscience/ Waldheim claims
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Investigators found evidence that Waldheim “participated in persecutions for reasons of race or religion under the Nazi regim e," Attorney General Ed win Meese said Tuesday in Brussels. A U.S. official a t the United Nations in New York said that, if Waldheim sought to attend a U.N. session, “ a policy decision would have to be made on whe ther to adm it him .” Waldheim, who is 68 and was elected to the largely ceremonial presidency last June, thanked Austrians for an “ impressive wave" of support expressed earlier Tuesday in a government statem ent re ject ing the U.S. charges. He said he has asked re searchers to prepare a “ White Book” about his activities during the World War II and
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