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Kurt Waldheim
 "VERY
good", was his spontaneous reaction when I approached the then UN
Secretary General Kurt Waldheim for his signature on his sketch. The UN
Secretary General was on a visit to Delhi in 1973 to acquaint himself
with the functioning of the UN office in Delhi. During his stay he
planned to meet the top leaders and high officials of the Indian
Government and to pay courtesy calls on the President and Prime
Minister.
It may be recalled that
Kurt Waldheim belonged to Austria and the allegation that he was
connected with the Nazi regime had made the US administration hesitant
to invite him to visit Washington. Soft-spoken and gentle in his
disposition, Kurt Waldheim attracted the media and his rapport with the
mediapersons had always been unmarked by any controversy.
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