© Copyright 1993 The Dominion, Sat 3 April, 1993
NZ unlikely to ban right-wing historian.
Immigration Minister Maurice McTigue is unlikely to step in to prevent
controversial British historian
David Irving visiting New Zealand.
Mr Irving was banned last month from touring Australia by former immigration
minister Gerry Hand because of his outspoken right-wing opinions which have
outraged international Jewish communities.
He has claimed German leader Adolf Hitler had little involvement in the
Holocaust and also by playing down the extent of the World War II massacre of
Jews. [sic]
Mr Irving,
deported from Canada last year for making an unauthorised lecture
tour, also claims the New Zealand Jewish community is pressuring the Government
to reject any visa application he may make.
"I haven't applied for a visa to go to New Zealand but a university there
has invited me to lecture in Auckland," he said.
"If I go to Australia I have every intention of speaking in New Zealand as
well."
Last night, Mr McTigue's office said nothing on Mr Irving had come into the
office yet for comment. They understood Mr McTigue would not step in unless he
was asked by the Immigration Department. - NZPA
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