Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, January 23, 1985

Issue date: Wednesday, January 23, 1985
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 23, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free january 1985 or it i notorious nazi sought entry to paper says Toronto up nazi War Inal Josef the Angel of to Fatm death who sent an estimated w k people to their Graves at tried to enter Canada in Docu ments released by the United states government the documents suggest Mengie filled out an immigration application form and was interviewed by officials at Canadian embassy in the Argentine capital of Buenos it is not Clear whether the application was accepted or but if it there is a possibility the chief physician at the most infamous of the nazi death Camps spent some time in a spokesman for the Simon Wiesenthal Centre told the Toronto Star in an sol Canadian representative for the los Angele based says the Canadian govern ment has refused to acknowledge that an application was made or the Wiesenthal devoted to tracking Down nazi War criminals who have escaped obtained the documents under the Freedom of information summaries of the to be released today in Toronto and new were obtained this week by the Star and used As the basis for a report published Littman said the documents reveal Mengeler application was received under the alias Joseph Cana soldiers die in clashes Vietnam prepares for major assault on rebels Dian authorities then checked the name with american intelligence who informed them Menke was an alias used by but Littman says there is no Evi Dence to suggest the Canadian gov having discovered with whom they were took any on behalf of the Littman wrote to prime minister Mulroney on 20 urging him to find out if Mengie was Ever admitted to Littman says the letter has not been the dimension of Mengeler crimes and the legacy of his victims demand that no Stone re main unturned in the quest to bring this who was the personification of before the bar of jus Littmann letter Littman repeated the centres fre quent criticism that successive Ca Nadian governments have not worked hard enough at finding and extraditing suspected nazi War criminals and two years the first such extraction occurred from Canada to West Ger but suspect Helmut Cauca died in jail before coming to Littman says the documents say to us that by Canada was such a Well known Haven for War criminals that Mengie thought it would be safer for him Here than in South who would be about 70 was a doctor who gained in Famy for conducting sadistic medi Cal experiments on prisoners of the nazi Thailand a Viet namese troops and cambodian guerrilla forces of the communist Khmer Rouge clashed at three Points in Cambodia South of this key Border town thai military officers the no communist National liberation front skirmishes with the vietnamese at two Camps on the thai cambodian Border and said they had killed 10 to 15 soldiers in strikes on a vietnamese Supply route in Northwestern no other casualty reports were available for yesterdays Vietnam is concentrating its forces near Khmer Rouge rebel bases along the Southern apparently preparing for a major assault on the thai officers said the Khmer Rouge resistance May be the next target of the Mont hold Vietnam Ese dry season which already has dealt a severe blow to the no communist liberation six of the fronts bases have been Over to set plays As Home Burns England a George thur lows family found the television show elsewhere so compelling that they ignored a fire in their House to watch when firefighters arrived at thur lows House monday night in this Industrial City in Northwest he was standing at the front door waving his i asked him where the fire was and he said upstairs in a Back so i sent two chaps in wearing breathing the smoke was really station offi cer Paul Cullen i then asked him if anyone else was and he said his wife and two Daugh i of my god and sent another two chaps they found All three in the Back room watching television through one of the daughters was smoking a Cigar when firefighters brought them Cul Len the wife was but in not sure whether that was from the smoke of the fire or from her daughters Cigar Cullen said he then asked if anyone else was he said there were two so Back in went the firemen and got i asked him if there was anybody and he of the cat1 so they went Back in and brought out this big Fluffy during the half hour it took us to Deal with the incident the family were sitting on the Wal when it was All Over they went Back maybe to watch the end of the the two guerrilla groups have joined a cambo Dian resistance group led by deposed Prince Norodom Sihanouk fighting in coalition against the vietnamese backed Heng Samrin regime now in Power in the vietnamese invaded at the end of 1978 and ousted the Khmer Rouge and an estimated Vietnam Ese troops Are based in Chat Ron Deputy chief of staff of the Chantabul Pitrat defence said Khmer Rouge guerrillas armed with machine guns and mortars fought yesterday with vietnamese forces opposite the Klong Yai District of Southern Hanoi forces responded with mortars and rockets and five stray shells landed harmlessly in thai he Khmer Rouge and vietnamese troops fought yesterday opposite Khao a rebel base near the thai Border about 50 Kilometres South of but the clash was limited to Small arms officers t in a third the Khmer Rouge rained mortars on a vietnamese artillery and mortar base at Nikhom Mark thai officers the vietnamese received artillery support from a nearby they attempt to Stop Hanoi the thai officers said the guerrillas were trying to Stop Hanoi from massing troops and heavy weapons close to the guerrilla Headquarters at phenom Malai about 12 Kilometres the densely forested phenom Malai area is about 25 Kilometres from Aranya Prather Chat Ron said Vietnam was also concentrating forces near the Khmer Rouge base opposite Pong Nam Ron District of trat province in Southern unlike the other Khmer Rouge the terrain opposite Pong Nam Ron is Flat and Vietnam has succeeded in bringing tanks to the he Chat Ron said heavy fighting broke out sunday As the guerrillas attacked a vietnamese Vanguard with mortars and rocket propelled the which spread to within almost a kilo metre of the thai lasted All Day and thai officers could see the smoke of the officers said the liberation front guerrillas yesterday kept up sporadic strikes near a guerrilla base recently overrun by Viet namese some skirmishes were also re ported Sanro where some Khmer liberation front guerrillas braced for a major vietnamese they officers at Aranya Prather said Khmer libera Tion front forces monday struck vietnamese posts along National Highway 5 from Poppet to a major route used by Hanoi for operations against resistance bases near the thai the officers said the guerrillas claimed they killed 10 to 15 vietnamese soldiers and wounded 20 others in the Earl morning attacks along the 50kilometre stretch of in a statement received yesterday the Khmer liberation front said some of its forces driven from Border Camps by Vietnam offensive have regrouped in the cambodian Interior to harass enemy positions and Supply routes in order to ease pressure on guerrilla units operating Canadian Aid boost sought Ottawa up canadians and Likely the Federal government will have to renew and redouble their assistance to several african nations at the Brink of David Mac Canadas Aid coordinator for the african said just 90 minutes after returning from an eight Day tour of three african Macdonald told reporters he is confident canadians will continue their flow of donations despite an investigation into one Aid Agency and claims of Politi Cal manipulation of Aid by the ethiopian govern i think people Are Wise enough to realize that in any major there May be individuals or organizations that will either appear to or do not act said still wearing a tropical weight suit after his visit to the sub saharan countries of niger and Mauri ecological collapse ethiopian which is threatening the lives of an estimated is in danger of being repeated in these three said who led a Small delegation including Canadian Aid business and labor repro what we have witnessed in the past eight Days is a massive collapse of an ecological he we saw hundreds and thousands of acres of land that had previously been in productive agriculture which was rapidly becoming delegation member Andre senior Vic president of greenshields of Canada said he was told that even if there is rain this the catastrophe most Likely will not be at least tonnes of Worth possibly Are needed in the three countries alone during the next three to four Macdonald after discussions with the affected donor nations and Aid Agen the emergency fund created by the Federal government in november is virtually All spoken he adding that the Chal Lenge is Clear for both canadians and the appointed Aid coordinator by external affairs minister Joe Clark in said he will report his findings to the minister but it is not for him to determine spending asked if canadians must raise even More than the millions of dollars donated since Macdonald replied Macdonald said he was aware that the Canad an and governments Are investigating a Californi abased evangelical inter National Christian because of questions Over How much of the Aid Money is actually reaching starving he said his which is coordinating Canadian Aid has not been approached by the nor did he see any evidence that the organization was operating in Ethiopia or the three other countries he they Are a nonentity As far As we Are canadians should make their donations through organizations they Are familiar that have a proven track he Macdonald responded cautiously to claims made in a cd ctr documentary this week that the ethiopian government was withholding food Aid from the Northern provinces of Tigre and both largely controlled by rebel forces waging a bloody civil he said there Are significant parts of Ethiopia that cannot be reached by the govern ment because of the civil the question of whether Ethiopia 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