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Article: WALDHEIM ASSAILS ORDER TO BAR HIM

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April 29, 1987
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VIENNA - President Kurt Waldheim said yesterday that he did nothing wrong during World War II, and he denounced the US decision to bar him on grounds of involvement in Nazi atrocities as "incomprehensible."

"I have a clear conscience," he said in a speech on television and radio. "You can trust me."

The United States Monday put the former United Nations secretary general on a list of undesirable aliens who are barred from entering the country. Officials cited new evidence linking Waldheim to the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others.

Justice Department officials said evidence uncovered by investigators who examined previously closed Yugoslav archives went ...

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