"A man whom the world trusts." That is the campaign slogan being used by Kurt Waldheim, who became an international figure during ten years as United Nations Secretary-General, in his current campaign to become President of Austria. Last week the motto became an ironic taunt to Waldheim, who had been favored to win the May 4 election. Documents and photographs, apparently leaked by opponents, provided compelling evidence that Waldheim was a member of two Nazi organizations and served in a German army command responsible for the deportation of Greek Jews to death camps. Waldheim, 67, compounded his dilemma with a vague...
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