Yugoslav accuses Waldheim
NZPA-Reuter Belgrade A Yugoslav adviser to an international commission investigating Kurt Waldheim said on Saturday he had seen documents seriously implicating the Austrian President in war crimes.
Dusan Plence, an army historian and former head of the Yugoslav Military Archives, made the accusation in an interview with Belgrade television.
Extracts from the interview were broadcast by the official state news agency Tanjug, and Western diplomatic sources said this suggested an official seal of approval for the statement. “The documents we have examined seriously incriminate Austrian President Kurt Waldheim as regards war crimes on Yugoslav territory,” Mr Plence said.
Mr Plence is adviser to the international commission appointed by Austria to investigate allegations that Dr Waldheim was involved in Nazi war crimes while serving as an officer in the German Army in the Balkans during World War Two. Mr Plence said it was necessary to evaluate the extent of Dr Waldheim’s personal responsibility but that it was irrefutable that “Waldheim’s activities were in the function of genocide.”
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