European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 5, 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 9 Barbie reportedly claims he s not guilty London a Klaus Barbie the former nazi Gestapo chief in Lyon France during world War ii says in an interview published sunday thai he is innocent of any War crimes but fears he can t get a fair trial. How could the rial be fair when All French television channels Are Broad casting documentary and fictional film sin which i always play the guilty Purly Barbie was quoted As saying in he conservative British weekly newspaper the mail on sunday. Barbie 73, charted in the deaths of French resistance fighters and jews Dur ing world War ii goes on trial May 11 in Lyon. He has been in jail there since his extradition from Bolivia in 19b3. The mail on sunday said it smuggled questions to Barbie in prison and Barbie sent Back his replies last week signing them Klaus Altmann the name he used in Bolivia. The paper gave no details of How it smuggled in the questions or received the answers. Asked if he believed he had any Chance at Al of being acquired Barbie was quoted As saying "1 know am inno cent of the accusations against me. I do not know if Justice in France is sufficiently just to Register inc  the former Gentian officer reportedly in frail health also said he collected intelligence information from collaborators throughout France during the War. There has been widespread speculation that his trial has Beta delayed be cause French authorities Are embarrassed at the Prospect of Barbie s revealing the extent of collaboration. From his prison cell in Lyon Barbie wrote according to the newspaper collaboration in franc was a very wide spread phenomenon which excluded no sector of society officer priest judge the Middle class y the wealthier sephardic jews from Southern Europe an still holds regular services