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Under the headline "Reagan Cited Girl Opposed to His Visit: Teenager Critical of Bitburg Decision," the Washington Post carried this story bylined Associated Press: A 13-year-old Jewish girl cited by President Reagan as supporting his decision to lay a wreath at Bitburg cemetery honoring "the future of Ger- many" said that she opposed his visit to the military graveyard where Waffen SS troops are buried among other German soldiers. Beth Flom of Marlboro Township, N.J., said that in a telex she sent to Reagan on April 21, she made it clear she disapproved of his decision to visit Bitburg. She suggested that if he made the visit, the wreath should be placed "in honor of the future of Ger- many." During a speech at the U.S. air base in Bitburg after the wreath-laying, Reagan said: "One of the many who wrote me about this visit was a young woman who had recently be'en bat mitzvahed. She urged me to lay the wreath at Bitburg cemetery in honor of the future of Germany, and that is what we have done." Dale Petroskey, a White House assistant press secre- tary, said yesterday that Rea- gan was referring to Flom's telex. "He didn't do everything that Beth Flom wanted him to do," Petroskey said. "He didn't cancel his trip to the cemetery . . . He did at least heed her wishes and lay the wreath in honor of the future of Ger- many." Flom said she believes that Reagan used her com- ments "out of context." "The way it sounds, it could be taken that I urged him to go to Ger- many also. I didn't," she said in a telephone interview. Flom's letter said in part: "I have read that you have tried to overcome the protests by also visiting a concentra- tion camp. When that didn't still the protests, you then said you would lay the wreath in a cemetery in honor of the inno- cent Germans.... "Since your other ap- proaches were unsuccessful, might I respectfully suggest that it would be fitting that you lay the wreath in honor of the future of Germany." She said that would "help to place the past behind" and "not degrade the feelings of all those Jews who suffered through the many years of tor- ture." Some may say, "Why rake up unnecessary wounds?", to which should be given this addendum: When the President mentioned a 16-year-old youth who is among the buried in the Bitburg cemet- ery as an example that Germans also suffered from Nazism, there was a middle-aged man in a group listening to his speech, and he wiped away tears, with a com- ment: "My brother was also 16, my sister was 15. Both are in the Auschwitz ashes . . . how do we mourn, how do we equate . . . is my President equating?" Need anything else be added to the sad events transplanted from the past? Armenia .. . Among Horrors Of 'Never Forget' A debate is still raging over the pending Genocide Convention legislation in the U.S. Senate. The basic principle is subjected to shocking confusions, and there is more fear lest guilt may some day be charged against this nation rather than the concern that all crimes on national scales should be outlawed, as in the Genocide Convention. Therefore, there is also a re- vived debate over the guilt in the mass murder of Armenians 70 years ago. Fear of diplomatic obstructions with Turkey may be interfering with an American dec- laration of sympathy with the Armenians and the recognition of a massive crime unhesitatingly to be condemned. Now there are defenders of Turkey, in the objections being expressed to the Armenian demonstrations demanding that the horrors of 1915 should not be forgotten-. If there is a defense for Turkey, it must come from the Turks themselves with measures of recantation. Meanwhile, the protests must be heard. Pending legislation expressing contempt for all such outrages should be adopted, even if the White House is reluctant to share in such con- demnations. Therefore, share appreciation for this editorial in the New York Times entitled "In- convenience Versus Armenians": President Reagan's failure to grasp the power of remem- brance has gotten him into fresh trouble. He now asks Congress to defeat a joint reso- lution that would designate next April 24 as a day of re- membrance honoring Arme- nian victims of a genocidal massacre and dispersion in 1915. The President contends that the observance would harm relations with an impor- tant ally and, inadvertently, reward terrorism. This reasoning is bitterly re- sented by law-abiding Arme- nians, whose ancestors were killed or driven into exile by the Ottoman regime. Speaking for them is George Deukme- jian, Governor of California: "We recognize that Turkey is a military ally of the United States, but a mature society should be able to admit its past mistakes. "Some may ask us, why should we be so concerned about a tragedy which oc- curred 70 years ago? The an- swer lies in the events that have happened since.. . . A ter- rible pattern has repeated it- self over and over again. Hitler decided he could get away .