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New York (JTA) — The 17
former member states of the
Allied War Crimes Commis-
sion have finally agreed to a
plan to open its files on more
than 40,000 Nazi war crimi-
nals to public inspection, the
New York Times reported last
Saturday.
Eyal Arad, a spokesman for
the Israel Mission to the
United Nations, said that the
mission had not been in-
formed of the news, but had
been able to confirm reports
about the commission's deci-
sion. Arad said UN Secretary
General Javier Perez de
Cuellar will announce the
decision when he returns
from Europe and is virtually
certain to authorize opening
the files, which officially are
under his jurisdiction.
"The Secretary General is
not bound by any recommen-
dations" of the commission,
Arad said. But he added that
Perez de Cuellar "told us that
he wants to open the files."
Until now, the files of the
long defunct War Crimes
Commission have been ac-
cessible only to the govern-
ments of member states of the
United Nations. Israel has
been pressing that they be
open to scholars, researchers,
writers and journalists.
Initially, most of the 17
former member states of the
commission were opposed.
One by one • they agreed,
however, and after several
meetings over the last two
months unanimous agree-
ment was reached on a for-
mula for public access. Under
the reported 'plan, respon-
sibility for granting access
will be transferred from the
Secretary General to the
United Nations member gov-
ernments, which will be free
to authorize their citizens to
inspect the files, stored at the
United Nations archives on
Park Avenue South, Manhat-
tan.
Trial Begins In Murder
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Denver (JTA) — Security
was unusually tight at the
U.S. District Courthouse here
last week as jury selection
began in the civil rights trial
of four avowed white supre-
macists accused of murdering
Denver radio talk show host
Alan Berg, a Jew, in 1984.
The defendants, accused of
planning and carrying out
the murder of the outspoken
and popular radio personali-
ty, are members of the white
supremacist gang known
variously as the Silent
Brotherhood or The Order.
David Lane, 48, a former
Ku Klux Klan member in
Colorado, is accused of driv-
ing the getaway car after the
June 18, 1984 machine-gun
slaying at Berg's apartment
here. Lane had argued with
Berg on his radio program
several weeks before the
murder.
Bruce Pierce, 33, is accused
of being the triggerman.
Richard Scutari, 40, alleged-
ly acted as lookout during the
crime, and Jean Craig, 54, is
accused of shadowing Berg in
the weeks before his killing.
A suspected fifth member of
the alleged hit squad, Robert
Mathews, was killed in a
shootout with police in
Washington in December
1984.
The defendants already are
serving prison terms from
convictions on racketeering
charges stemming from the
Brotherhood's earlier ac-
tivities, mostly in the Pacific
Northwest. Under the federal
charges they are now facing,
all could draw maximum life
terms in prison.
Fassbinder Play
Premier Set
Amsterdam (JTA) — A con-
troversial play by the late
Rainer Werner Fassbinder in
which one of the major
characters is known as "The
Rich Jew;' will have its Euro-
pean premier in Rotterdam
Nov. 18 and will then tour
other Dutch cities, but not
Amsterdam, it was reported
last week.
Charges of anti-Semitism
have dogged the play, which
is titled "Garbage, the City
and Death." Its premier at
Frankfurt's Kammerspiel
theater Oct. 31, 1985, was
canceled after about 30
members of the local Jewish
community occupied the
stage and held up banners to
the audience that read "Sub-
sidized Anti-Semitism."
Last year, the play was stag-
ed. in New York, which paved
the way for performances in
Europe, beginning in
Holland.