The World - News from Nov. 25, 1986
An official Israeli inquiry has found little evidence that Austrian President Kurt Waldheim committed Nazi war crimes against Jews, the Jerusalem Post reported. The newspaper said a Justice Ministry probe concluded that there could be grounds for suspecting Waldheim of abetting Nazi war crimes but not of crimes against Jews. Such findings could embarrass Israel for having recalled its ambassador to Vienna last summer in protest over Waldheim’s presidential victory amid allegations that he concealed a Nazi past. Israeli officials confirmed that the report was finished but said no decision has been made on whether to make it public.
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