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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday. March 28.1988 Waldheim complicity documented United nations a austrian president Kurt Waldheim. While Irving in the gemini army received and then forwarded Adolf Hitler s order to kill captured greek partisans according to document released at the end of last week. The documents from the us National Archive Are Waldheim s army group s War diary and a correspond ing Nomburg War crimes trial document. They were provided by the world jewish Congress. The chief witness against Kurt Waldheim it the one he can never refute his own name on the Cap tured nazi War records said Elan Steinberg executive director of the world jewish Congress. John Russell a Justice department spokesman con firmed Friday that the War diary and Nurnberg record were among documents used in deciding 10 place Waldheim on the watch list thai ban undesirable aliens from the United states. Wajdy Eiraj . Secretary general from 1972 to 1982, has denied committing any War crimes although his army unit i accused of hem. Waldheim served with the German army during world War ii in the occupied Balkans. He was lieu tenant on the German general staff attached to the11th Laliae army in Athens. The documents show hat on aug. 8, 1943, Wald Beim entered Hitler s order 10 kill captured greek partisans in he army group i War diary in Lheu and on the same Day transmitted the order by radio to a Ger Man division in the Field. The diary entry signed by Waldheim said Accord ing 10 a new Fuhrer order Bandit partisans captured in a Allie Are to be shot. Others suspected of banditry etc., Are to be taken prisoner and sent to Germany forme in labor details. The translation was provided by the world jewish Congress the word bandh we used to describe Parth Aiu. The Nymberg document shows the actual transmission of the order to the 1st Mountain do soon reference teletype la no. 959-4 j secret of 7 aug. 1943 concerning shooting of bandits a new Fuhrer order u at hand which will be transmitted. Bandit lakes in Battle Are to be shot other Bandit suspect Elc. Are to be Ane sued and evacuated for Suckel labor  is Gen. Fritz Suckel sentenced to death at numbers ran a network of slave labor Camps. The 1st Mountain div was operating against the anti Naa resistance in Northern Greece. Steinberg said the documents were made available at this Lime because Waldhein despite his protests has failed u Appeal the watch list decision. These documents demonstrate the basis for that decision and the evidence is devastating be said. Allies agree on changes to expand passenger flight service to w. Berlin Bonn a the three Allied Power governing West Berlin agreed saturday on changes thai will increase Competition among airlines serving the Western half of the divided City officials said. We Hope and expect that additional approvals for further expansion of Ber Lin air service will be forthcoming in Shenear future said Thomas windmiller the . Civil air attache for Berlin. Windmiller and his British an French counterparts me in Bonn to con Sider Wesl Berlin passenger flight service applications for the next six months. Such meetings arc held twice 3 year. He said the group approved applications for existing flights by pan Ameri can world airways pan am express trans world airlines air France Brit ish airways the British companies Dan air and Berlin regional . And Tern Zelhof airways an american company. Windmiller said new flights also were approved but he refused to elaborate. He also would not comment when asked whether the air service changes have anything to do with president Rea Gan s Berlin initiative Reagan has said the allies would be working to improve Access to Berlin which is divided into Western and communist Eastern sectors. An Allied source who spoke on Condi lion of anonymity said the changes involved additional flights Between Berlin and the West German cities of Hannover and Munich pan am express was Given permission to Fly two round trip nights t Day to Hannover while British airways received approval for four daily round trip flights to Munich said the source. Both routes already exist but those two airlines Are not currently operating on them. Windmiller said the Allied air officials would soon be considering other new applications from airlines seeking to Fly Berlin passengers in the six month sum Mer season which begins on sunday. All decisions taken by the Allied civil air attaches Are designed to meet Ihen eeds of the people of Berlin and travel ers to Kat City he said. Bonn says Spain lax in controlling Export of allegedly tainted Olive Oil Bonn a West German officials on sunday accused Spain of doing too Little to prevent the Export of Olive Oil allegedly tainted with a suspected cancer causing substance. The criticism comes after Federal authorities warned against using some brands of Spanish and italian Olive Oil alter unusually High amounts of the chemical peretto ethylene were found during testing. Several brands of imported Olive Oil were removed Friday from store shelves in the German slate of Nordhem West Falcon and tests were being done on Olive Oil stocks in other parts of the country. Hartwig Moebes spokesman for the Federal health ministry said West Ger Man testers last year found Small amounts of the chemical in Spanish Olive Oil and asked Spain then to make sure the product was Safe for Export. Moebes also disputed statements from officials in Madrid that Spain had pot promised 10 adopt new measures to ensure that its Olive Oil did not contain excessive Levels of . We were assured that the controls would be sharpened and that. Cold pressed Olive oils for Export would be tested he said. Moebes said that the assurances were made on saturday 4nd that the new measures were to take effect on monday. In Madrid Spanish agriculture ministry spokesman Angel Juste on saturday denied West German news reports that Spain had agreed to put new controls into place he said Spain has Long had a system of controls on Export Olive  Aho maintained that the chemical poses no health dangers at the Levels found in stocks of exported Spanish Olive Oil Spanish newspapers said the West German worry about Olive Oil appeared motivated More by economic than health concerns. The newspaper Al pail said saturday thai the dispute comes at a Lime when Many weal germans Are twitching from German made vegetable Oil to imported Olive  officials say More than twice the allowed amount of Perchla ethylene was found in some stocks of Spanish and italian cold pressed Olive oils in West Germany West German Standard per Mit a maximum .5 milligrams of the sub stance per kilogram Olive Oil. Perchla ethylene is used in dry clean ing. West German officials have nol said How they Eibink the chemical May have Gnu in into the imported Olive Oil. A we seeking support for North Lynchburg is up the Rev. Jerry Falwell is asking his sup porters to Partick Pate in a petition " drive to obtain a \ Pardon for Marine " la. Col. Oliver North who was indicted in the Iran con Ira scan i dal. Using his Pas Tor s study Tele vision program. Friday night As Al forum Falwell Farrell said he ii seeking two three or live million signatures from voting age citizens to Send to president Reagan. The Lynchburg evangelist asked people to Call a toll free number to add their names to the list. Telephone workers who answer the line will ask caller for their name address and Telephone number which will be added by Falwell s ministry to the petition. The petition Calls for an immediate and unconditional Pardon for North and accuses the government of using him As a Scapegoat instead of Honor ing him for what he really is a hero this Man is not just any Ameri  Falwell said. His a True National hero who has put his life on the line Over and Over  Falwell said it is a disgrace that the government is spending taxpayers Money to indict  vowed to take the petition to Reagan and to Ute All his resources to Clear North. He said the Marine officer not Only should be pardoned but should be Hon ored for his service. North and three others were indicted for their role in the Iran Contra forms for hostages scandal he pleaded innocent to the charges which include conspiracy theft and fraud. News updates Green party project Ludwigshafen West Ger Many a the leftist owe party i temporarily set aside in factional bickering on saturday and agreed to create a foundation to promote its ideological principle. For years the minority party has been beset by squabbling Between moderate realists and hard line fundamental  a Green parly convention Lasi fall ended with even deeper factional divisions after two Days of bit Ter feuding. But on saturday. 407 of 322 delegates voted to create rain Bow foundation thai will set up projects dealing with a wide Range of topics including ecological end Lural feminist social and third world issues activists detained Warsaw Poland a police detained 21 activists of the banned peace group Freedom and peace who were meeting in a Pri vate apartment saturday an opposition spokesman  Chapu Lowicz Leader of Freedom and peace said there had been no attempt to keep the meet ing in Warsaw a secret members of the group National Board in charge or raising funds paying Legal fines and financial assistance for it act Ivins attended the meeting. Chinese crash probe Beijing a China s stat Council has begun a High level investigation of a train collision in Shanghai that killed 28 people including 27 japanese official re ports Aid  preliminary investigation found that Brake failure caused the two Ira Iru to crash head on thurs Day but it was not known Why they failed said fun  the Shanghai foreign affairs office. 3rd inf div go Dies after being stabbed Wurzburg West Germany a Ord inf div Soldier died sunday morning while undergoing surgery for a slab wound the Soldier was stabbed allegedly by another Soldier during an alienation labour 5 . Outside a Worz Btu  was Uken to a German Hospital where he was pronounced dead during surgery Al 6 45 . Military authorities were holding Ibe Soldier suspect sunday a division spokesman said. The dead Soldier s name is being with held pending notification of relatives  
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