The World - News from March 25, 1986
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Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal called on Yugoslavia to respond to charges that former U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim was listed as a suspected Nazi war criminal wanted by Belgrade for complicity in murder. But Yugoslav Premier Milka Planinc, who is in Austria on a state visit, said Waldheim’s past was a matter purely for Austria. Waldheim, a candidate in the May 4 Austrian presidential election, has denied any Nazi links or participation in war crimes.
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