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- DIED. Bruno Kreisky, 79, Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to
- 1983; in Vienna. Known affectionately as Emperor Bruno, the
- pragmatic socialist led his country into a postwar prosperity
- and made Vienna a center for international affairs. Born to
- Jewish parents, Kreisky severed connections with Judaism and
- called himself an agnostic. In 1938 he was arrested by the
- Gestapo, then fled to Sweden. Kreisky was often criticized by
- Israel for his ties to Arab leaders, including Yasser Arafat
- and Muammar Gaddafi. During his tenure, however, thousands of
- Soviet Jews passed through Austria on the way to Israel and
- elsewhere. Said former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt last
- week: "Austria loses one of its most distinguished postwar
- politicians, European democracy one of its most convincing
- leading figures."
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