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Washington (JTA)
Jewish
organizational officials say
that President Clinton's
nomination of Gen. John
Shalikashvili to head the
Joint Chiefs of Staff should
not be affected by revela-
tions that his father served
in a Nazi unit in World War
II.
The Los Angeles-based
Simon Wiesenthal Center
found information documen-
ting that the general's
father, Dmitri Shalikashvili,
collaborated with the Nazis
during World War II and
earned the rank of major in a
Waffen SS unit.
But Jewish officials from
groups dealing with Nazi-
related issues said this week
that they felt the activities
of the father would not —
and should not — affect the
fate of the son.
The Wiesenthal Center
researched the elder
Shalikashvili's past after be-
ing requested to do so by the
publication Defense Daily,
which first reported the rev-
elations last week.
Dmitri Shalikashvili, now
dead, was a native of Euro-
pean Georgia who im-
migrated to Poland and later
served in an ethnic Georgian
battalion organized by the
Nazis that ended up under
the command of the Waffen
SS.
Jewish groups did not plan
to take any action one way
or the other regarding the
nomination.
Gen. Shalikashvili's nom-
ination "should not be
judged on the basis of what
his father did," the Wiesen-
thal Center said.
John Shalikashvili "serv-
ed the country in a patriotic
way," said Jess Hordes, the
Anti-Defamation League's
Washington representative.
He "shouldn't suffer" from
his 'father's actions, Mr.
Hordes added.
And World Jewish Con-
gress Executive Director
Elan Steinberg said that his
group felt that the father's
actions "should not reflect
on the son as such."
Mr. Steinberg added,
though, that the information
about the father was impor-
tant, and commended the
Wiesenthal Center for
releasing it.
One representative from a
Jewish group dealing with
Nazi- related issues,
however, said that if infor-
mationabout Gen.
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Marvin Hier:
Questioned the introduction.
Shalikashvili's father had
gotten into Soviet hands
during the Cold War, the
general could have been
placed in a compromising
position.
This is just one of a series
of controversies that has
swirled around Clinton ad-
ministration nominees this
year. The administration
has been faulted for failing
to investigate thoroughly
the backgrounds of several
nominees.
In several instances, in-
cluding the choices of Judge
Kimba Wood for Attorney
General and Lani Guinier to
head the Justice Depart-
Jewish groups did
not plan to take any
action one way or
the other regarding
the nomination.
ment's civil rights bureau,
the administration dropped
the nominations when there
were signs of trouble.
But there was no indica-
tion after the revelations
about Mr. Shalikashvili
were made public that the
administration was going to
withdraw the nomination.
A senior Defense Depart-
ment official indicated to the
New York Times that in this
case White House officials
were made aware of the
elder Shalikashvili's service
in the German Army. It was
not clear if President Clin-
ton himself was told.
Neither the Pentagon nor
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