The World - News from March 19, 1986
A missing personal file of Kurt Waldheim, Austrian presidential candidate and former U.N. secretary general, has been found in an abandoned safe, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said in Vienna. A spokesman for Waldheim, 67, said it is unlikely the documents will be published, since they would “distract” from the presidential campaign. The file covers the period from 1945 to 1970, and newspapers suggest it might contain clues as to whether Waldheim belonged to Nazi groups, charges he denies.
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