Doug Collins

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A DOUBLE helping of farce is being served up in the
Canadian concept of the Kurt Waldheim affair. Sometime

this year, for instance. Brian

Baloney & Co. will be shaking

hands with Oliver Tambo, head of the terrorist: African

National Congress. But the

president of Austria, against

whom nothing has been proved, is persona non grata.

Waldheim has never said he
wished to visit these pure and
sacred shores, but Baloney told
him he was not welcome anyway.
I's a lovely examole of trying to
win friends by bashing the non-
existent Nazi menace or announc-
ing that a guy's a ‘war criminal’.

In this bogus morality play, the
latest bit of farce is that right
across the continent and of course
in our copy-cat local dailies, heads
have been shaken and eyes have
rolled over Pope Paul John's hav-
ing grasped the hand of an un-
touchable. But the Pope has a bet-
ter knowledge of protocol than
our nincompoops in Ottawa do.
He may also know more about the
facts of the case, the Vatican hav-
ing a first-class intelligence ser-
vice. So Waldheim’s reception
there could be a signal that the
Austrian isn't quite as bad as he’s
been painted.

Not having kept company with
Waldheim during the war, I do
not know whether he was involved
in war crimes. All | can say is that
the evidence against him is us
flimsy as an old-fashioned lady’s
lace handkerchief.

There is a picture of Lt.
Waldheim standing next to a Ger-
man general who was later ex-
ecuted, and there have been plenty
of hysterical accusations. Once
the doys have been Jet loose on a
“Nazi” loud barking is
automatic.

One thing I know for sure is
that a lieutenant in the German
Army was a nobody. There were
tens of thousands of them and
they had no say in operations ex-
cept at the platoon or company
level. Yet Waldheim is now said to
have been a planner of evil intent.

Some junior officers were even
photographed with Hitler himself.
But that does not make them war
criminals. Furthermore, it is
beyond belief that a guy could be
Secretary General of the United
Nations for 12 years without be-
ing nailed by his, present accusers
-- if there was anything to nail him
for.

This whole business started
with the socialist media in Austria
itself. The ‘‘tell-tale picture’’ was
flashed around the world, and fev
presto we had a new series of ex-
citing headlines. And yes, it is true
that Waldheim didn't seem to

know where he was during the
war, But so what? Neither did [at
times.

Let us assume, though, that the
man was involved in things that
good Boy Scouts don't do. Why
pick on him? Murder and
mayhem are a fact of interna-
tional politics. A few years ago,
for instance, a conspicuous killer
was in Canada on a fund-raising
tour. And nobody said boo.

ft mean Menachem Begin, who
rose from the ranks of terrorism
to become prime minister of
Isracl. He was the leader of the
Irgun, which with the Stern Gang
was the most ruthless of Jewish
terror groups.

\n 1948, Begin organized and
personally directed the massacre
at Deir Yassin of 254 Arabs -- old
men, women and children. And
that is truth, not rumor. The idea
was to frighten Arabs into leaving
what was about to become Israel.
It succeeded, hence the present
Arab refugee problem. Later, he
bombed Lebanon to bits. But
Begin is OK and is now in
‘honorable retirement’. When
the man dies, Baloney will put on
his most pious voice and express
deep sorrow.

The Tambo visit, meanwhile, }

will be right in line with our
perpetual devotion to the double
standard. Denis Goldberg was
recently here on a lecture tour, for
instance. An ANC terrorist who
was sentenced to life imprison-
ment, he had no trouble at all in

visiting Ottawa after his release {

from a South African jail. On the
contrary, his tour was funded in
part by the Canadian taxpayer.
Nelson Mandela, another com-
mic also jailed for terrorism,
would get a hero’s welcome here.

Joe Clark would be at the airport |

to pump his hand. Winnie
Mandela, that sweet little woman
who loves ‘‘necklacing'’, would
be greeted by ecstatic lefties. But a
Waldheim against whom no proof
exists is an unmentionable, just
like dirty underpants.

Waldheim is on the chopping
block because the Holocaust In-
dustry has selected him as a useful
target, with Edgar Bronfman of
the American Jewish Congress

leading the pack out of New f

York.
And that’s the way it is.

W/V legacy project
well off the ground

From page 8

But West Vancouver director of
Parks and Recreation Frank
Kurucz said the legacy project is
well of f the ground.

Kurucz said the total cost of the
performing arts stage and garden
slated for Ambleside Park has
been pared down from an inittal
$680,000 to $500,000.

“The project is in a go-ahead
position and right now the process
is to raise the rest of the funds

EAT WEL,
WE WEL

through private fund raising,”’ said

Kurucz.

a

crime alert

ween. _

THI FOLLOWING is a dist of re:
cent North Share crimes:

WEST VANCOUVER

Thelt from auto 4AO00 block
kose Crescent. Patty NOR. Stolen
clgarente Tighter Value $80.

Theft fran ante 3600- block
Westmount Road. Stolen «heels
and tires. Value $1,200.

Thett: from wute —- West Van
couser Reeredtion Centre. briny
by unfocked door. Stolen S80 Gish,
Thett from auta —- Cypress Bowl
Road. Entry by cheating lock.
Stolen cash and credit cards. Value
S82.

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Rose Cresent. Entry by unlocked
door, Stolen mirrors, vas cap,
visor and ashtray.
Theft: from auto —
overload. Entry by
sunroof, Stolen steree
Value $900,

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Apollo Prestige bicycle. Value
$400.

Theft: of biesclke — West) Van-
couser Secondary School. Stolen
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