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Subject: RE: Reuter's Revisionist History and Waldheim the Nazi UN Secreta  ry General

no conspiracy at all .. just part of the daily flood of unrefined info.-
not really worthy of comment
       

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sue Huang [SMTP:susuhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 15, 1999 6:15 PM
> To:	Tony Albrecht; dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; burmanet2-@xxxxxxxx
> Cc:	burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	RE: Reuter's Revisionist History and Waldheim the Nazi
> UN Secreta ry General
> 
> oh wow, big conspiracy!
> 
> get a grip, you guys
> 
> love from, sensible susu
> 
> >From: Tony Albrecht <talbrecht@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >       I agree that these net clips are distorting history , but I
> was
> >surprised that you did not comment on Stalin as well.  he was a lot
> more
> >important than Waldheim.
> >  The  description of Stalin is  also revisionist bland-" brutal
> >industrialization" makes him sound like a capitalist repressing the
> >masses and "party purges"  like a  clever politician
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Dawn Star [SMTP:dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >
> > > This is what is happening to history on the net. get this,
> > > Waldeim, who I personally know, and had ocassion often to talk to
> > > at the UN. Not an honor believe me. He was a NAZI and manipulated
> > > because of it, only after he stepped down did the Israelis and the
> > > Americans, and for that matter the Russians, let the truth be
> known.
> > > It has been all through the press. This is revisionist history,
> and
> > > further, it is not a highmark of the United Nations at all. A
> former
> > > NAZI secretary general. You probably can find the photos of him
> > > wearing
> > > his boots. He may even have been SS, but I dont remember that. He
> was
> > > a
> > > commanding officer linked to atrocities.
> > >
> > > One very wierd thing, his confidential special advisor at the
> United
> > > Nations, a former secretary general of the socialist
> international,
> > > is a jewish american austrian. This world is a very strange
> planet.
> > >
> > > dawn star
> > >
> > > 1918 - Kurt Waldheim, former Austrian president and former
> > > secretary-general of the United Nations, born. On the same date in
> > > 1971,
> > > he was elected U.N. secretary-general to succeed U Thant of Burma.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Reuters historical calendar - December 21
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
> events to
> > > > have occurred on December 21 in history:
> > > >
> > > > 1118 - Thomas Becket born. As Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162
> he
> > > > fought with England's King Henry II over the rights of the
> church.
> > > He
> > > > was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
> > > >
> > > > 1375 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet and scholar, died. Best
> > > > remembered as the author of the earthy stories taken from
> popular
> > > tales
> > > > of the time titled ``The Decameron.''
> > > >
> > > > 1401 - Masaccio, Influential Florentine painter, born as Tommaso
> di
> > > > Giovanni di Simone Guidi. His realistic depiction of biblical
> events
> > > > made him a pioneer of the early Renaissance.
> > > >
> > > > 1804 - Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman, novelist and twice
> > > prime
> > > > minister (1868 and 1874-80), born in London.
> > > >
> > > > 1846 - The first surgical operation under anaesthesia in Britain
> was
> > > > performed at University College Hospital, London by Robert
> Liston
> > > who
> > > > amputated the leg of a servant.
> > > >
> > > > 1879 - Josef Stalin born. After the death of Lenin, he
> transformed
> > > the
> > > > Soviet Union by brutal industrialisation and party purges. He
> > > > successfully repulsed the German invasion in World War Two and
> his
> > > > armies carried on to occupy most of Eastern Europe. He died in
> 1953.
> > > >
> > > > 1913 - The first crossword puzzle was published in the weekend
> > > edition
> > > > of the New York World and was compiled by Liverpool-born Arthur
> > > Wynne.
> > > >
> > > > 1917 - Heinrich Boell, German novelist, born. Noted for his
> novels
> > > ``The
> > > > Clown'' and ``Acquainted with the Night,'' he won the Nobel
> > > Literature
> > > > Prize in 1972.
> > > >
> > > > 1918 - Kurt Waldheim, former Austrian president and former
> > > > secretary-general of the United Nations, born. On the same date
> in
> > > 1971,
> > > > he was elected U.N. secretary-general to succeed U Thant of
> Burma.
> > > >
> > > > 1937 - ``Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,'' the first full
> length
> > > > feature cartoon in colour, by Walt Disney, was premiered in Los
> > > Angeles.
> > > >
> > > > 1937 - Jane Fonda, U.S. film actress and daughter of film star
> Henry
> > > > Fonda, born. Her films include ``Klute'' and ``Coming Home'' for
> > > which
> > > > she won Oscars. She also appeared with her father in the film
> ``On
> > > > Golden Pond.''
> > > >
> > > > 1940 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, U.S. short story writer and
> novelist,
> > > died.
> > > > Famous for his depictions of the jazz age, (the 1920s) he is
> best
> > > > remembered for his novel ``The Great Gatsby.''
> > > >
> > > > 1945 - General George Patton, brilliant tank commander in World
> War
> > > Two
> > > > and referred to by his men as ``Old Blood and Guts,'' died after
> a
> > > car
> > > > accident in Germany.
> > > >
> > > > 1948 - The Republic of Ireland Bill was signed by the president
> of
> > > Eire,
> > > > ending the association with Britain.
> > > >
> > > > 1958 - Charles De Gaulle was elected the first president of the
> > > fifth
> > > > Republic of France with 78.5 percent of the votes cast by the
> > > electoral
> > > > college.
> > > >
> > > > 1960 - King Saud took over the government of Saudi Arabia after
> > > Crown
> > > > Prince Faisal resigned as prime minister.
> > > >
> > > > 1963 - Sir Jack Hobbs, English cricketer, died. Regarded as one
> of
> > > the
> > > > world's greatest batsman of his time, in 1953 he became the
> first
> > > > cricketer to be knighted.
> > > >
> > > > 1967 - Louis Washkansky, the world's first heart transplant
> patient,
> > > > died 18 days after surgery.
> > > >
> > > > 1968 - Apollo 8, with astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and
> > > William
> > > > Anders, was launched by a Saturn 5 booster from Cape Kennedy.
> Three
> > > days
> > > > later they carried out the first manned flight around the moon.
> > > >
> > > > 1972 - After nearly two decades of Cold War hostility, East and
> West
> > > > Germany established diplomatic ties in a treaty which committed
> them
> > > to
> > > > good-neighbourly relations, paving the way for international
> > > recognition
> > > > of East Germany.
> > > >
> > > > 1973 - The first peace conference between Israel and its Arab
> > > neighbours
> > > > opened in Geneva attended by Jordan, Israel, Egypt, the United
> > > States,
> > > > the Soviet Union and the United Nations.
> > > >
> > > > 1975 - Terrorists of the ``Arm of the Arab Revolution'' led by
> > > ``Carlos
> > > > the Jackal'' raided the OPEC headquarters in Vienna and held 11
> oil
> > > > ministers and their staff hostage.
> > > >
> > > > 1979 - In Britain, the Lancaster House conference on Rhodesia
> ended
> > > > after a peace agreement was signed.
> > > >
> > > > 1988 - A Pan Am Boeing 747 was blown up over Lockerbie,
> Scotland,
> > > > killing all 259 passengers and crew and 11 people on the ground.
> > > >
> > > > 1989 - Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu declared a state of
> > > > emergency in the western district of Timis, where security
> police
> > > had
> > > > earlier crushed anti-government riots.
> > > >
> > > > 1990 - Albania tore down eastern Europe's last towering statues
> of
> > > > Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
> > > >
> > > > 1992 - 54 people were killed when a Martinair DC-10 charter
> plane
> > > > carrying Dutch holidaymakers crashed in flames at Faro,
> Portugal;
> > > the
> > > > plane was carrying 327 passengers and 13 crew.
> > > >
> > > > 1993 - President Boris Yeltsin abruptly abolished the former KGB
> > > > security police, saying the huge force Russian citizens feared
> for
> > > > decades was ``incapable of being reformed.''
> > > >
> > > > 1995 - In the worst disaster on the accident-prone Egyptian
> railways
> > > for
> > > > more than 15 years, 75 people were killed and 76 injured when a
> > > crowded
> > > > train ran into the back of another in fog at in the town of
> > > Badrasheen,
> > > > 28 km (17 miles) south of Cairo.
> > > >
> > > > 1997 - Milan Milutinovic, Socialist candidate and a close ally
> of
> > > > Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, won 58.6 percent of the
> vote
> > > in
> > > > Serbia's presidential election run off.
> > > >
> > > > 18:57 12-14-99
> > >
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