European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday March 8. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 Waldheim makes new admission knew captured British commandos faced execution London lil h austrian president Kurt Wald him under fire fur his wartime service to inc a is admitted during a television interview sunday that he knew about Ilie interrogations of six captured British commando later apparently executed without trial. Wii Heim. Who is resisting Calls to resign Over allegations he helped in the nazi holocaust at a German army lieutenant said he knew the commando would he summarily executed a violation of International War conventions. But. He said this Don not constitute guilt and Don t forget in was prime minister Margaret Thatcher has already opened an into Waldheim s possible involvement with the disappearance and presumed sue cautions of the is commandos. They were captured during a series of Wahome raids on nazi held greek islands at a Lime when Hitler ordered All captured enemy commandos handed Over to the Gestapo and executed in Defiance of the Geneva convention regulations on pow. Interviewed in his Vienna office on a program Tele cast sunday a nervous looking Waldheim. Who served As a German Arm intelligence officer in Greece was scores reported killed by missiles in War of cities Nicosia. Cyprus a Iran and Iraq shot mis Siu into each other s capitals monday and both re ported dozens of deaths As the War of he cities persisted Between the two persian Gulf War foes. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency said 12 civilians including women and children were tilled and 30 no undid inert an iraqi missile i � plodded in Tehran. Iran. Monday. It said a Hospital clinic several houses and 30 vehicles were destroyed in the blast. The missile was one of three Iraq said its army shot into Tehran Early monday in the Sal Cut round of the priming offensive that has claimed hundreds of lives in both countries. In a said another 6 civilians were killed and 427 wounded sunday in iraqi air raids on 16 iranian cities and towns. The Agency said schools and hospitals were hit in hit wave of iraqi raids on tie iranian cities of Shiroi and a Ful. Arak Khorram Abad and of her population centers in inc West. Tight other people were wounded in missile strikes on Tehran on sunday it said. It said iraqi artillery Shulk hit the Northwestern Bor Der to Man of Marian. Hut it made no mention of casualties or Damn a. Iraqi reports said Fisher bombers hew is combat missions against military and economic targets in 12 iranian cities sunday in retaliation for criminal at tacks on iraqi civilian Irna reported that revolutionary guards fired four missiles into Baghdad Iraq. Monday. 11 sail they were aimed at military Iraq said the first two missiles crashed into residential see Toni of the capital killing or wounding Many civil ians including women and children the Agency said Iraq retaliated by firing three Long Range missiles into Tehran monday pressed about the fact that his initials were found on a report on the prisoners. There were people of course on inc staff who did the interrogations but this was not done by me he said. It was done by some of my colleagues who were working in the same department. I was not personally involved in but under repeated questioning from his interviewer he said he knew the commandos would be executed. His interviewer on British television s the world this week program then asked you knew about it but you did t do anything personally he replied. Thai is Aboul the Correct statement. But i find it surprising that knowledge of certain things should constitute guilt. Don i forget it was a spokesman for Thatcher had no immediate com ment on the interview but said Waldheim s statement would be used along Wajih other information to com pile the British investigation s recommendation on what action Britain should Lake against Waldheim. He said in was not expected to be completed for some months and he declined to specify the options it could recommend but some Waldheim critics have Fown calling for Britain to move to politically isolate him. We re offering no reaction to the the Thatcher spokesman said. Our own investigation is under Way and we be noted Hii in the interview Waldheim. Who has been criticized by an International panel of historians for concealing his wartime record Admill cd he should have told the austrian people More Aboul his War record. If you asked me whether i would do it again of course 1 would Dail i said. I did t find it necessary to give All those details Al the Lime. It was certainly not done purposely bul i am sorry for this Waldheim said he will continue 10 resist pressure from critics at Home and abroad for him to resign. I was elected with an impressive majority. So i think it s important to respect the Vole and not to try to reverse it through demonstrations and All kinds of things which arc not really in line with the democratic decision taken by the people he said. He also hinted several limes Al a conspiracy to Blacken Bis name. Tel viewing by phone an apparatus that makes telephoning More intimate k displayed b the International debit so fair in Hon might West Germany the 5 i bound mini to which can be attached to any Telephone bring a Inch-by-4-Inch picture of in people conversing. I Sells for about 700 Murks a
