Kurt Waldheim: man of mystery.(Heritage)

Spokesman Magazine | May 1, 2005| | Copyright

For many living in Austria in 1945 the end of the war came like an army of locusts swarming over the landscape. The Soviet army had moved through Austria in such a way and in unexpectedly rapid time.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill asked British intelligence to begin gearing up to handle the Soviet Union as Britain's next major threat.

Shortly after the liberation of Vienna, the Soviets quickly installed an aging socialist, Karl Renner, as Chancellor to head a provisional Austrian government. Mr. Renner's popularity with Joseph Stalin was regarded by the Russian military ...

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