U.S. to Review Kurt Waldheim’s War Activities
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department today said it will review the evidence a Jewish group has gathered on the World War II activities of former U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, a step that could lead to Waldheim being barred from the United States.
The Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations asked the World Jewish Congress for documents the private organization says demonstrate that Waldheim was involved in a massacre by Nazis of thousands of people in Yugoslavia.
After the office’s review, Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III could decide whether to place Waldheim on a “watch list” that would bar him from entering the United States.
Office Director Neal M. Sher said he did not know how long the process will take.
New documents released, Page 14.
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