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Nation & .World * Kohl rejects accusations of wrongdoing in refinery deal by Burt Herman Associated Press Berlin — In one of his strongest de fenses so far, embattled former Chan cellor Helmut Kohl has rejected accu sations that money changed hands under the table in a privatization deal for a for mer East German refinery. The deal that let a French oil con cern buy the Leuna refinery was in Ger many’s best interests, and money was never discussed between Kohl and then French President Francois Mitterrand, Kohl said in an interview in Wfelt am Son ntag newspaper on Sunday. Also Sunday, a key former financial adviser to Kohl’s Christian Democratic party said the party’s system of secret money stretched back to 1971 — pre dating Kohl’s first term as chancellor and much earlier than previously reported. The adviser, Horst Weyrauch, said dal since his admission last month that he accepted up to $1 million in off-the books donations for the party. Last weekend, a report by German and French television claimed Mitter rand arranged.for payment of $15 mil lion to the Christian Democrats in 1992 to help his friend Kohl’s campaign. The report said the money was part of pay offs for the deal by french oil concern Elf Aquitaine to buy the Leuna refinery. But in the newspaper interview, Kohl echoed an earlier denial by his spokesman. He said he had only acted in the interest of securing jobs. “1 at no time received money, and also had no knowledge whatsoever about shady financial machinations,” Kohl told the newspaper. Kohl said the Leuna deal prevented mass unemployment in the region where the refinery was based. Primary from page A3 es last week and would be staggered by a second-straight defeat in New Hamp shire. The former lawmaker surrendered his lead to Gore in New Hampshire polls during the vice president’s aggressive fi nal week of campaigning in Iowa. Bradley, however, has enough money to continue beyond this state, and has released a schedule showing that he intends to do so. The next contests — a series of March 7 primaries — include states where Bradley is strong. Since the waning days of the Iowa campaign, Bradley has been tom between a need to attack Gore and a fear that neg ative campaigning will tarnish his self styled image as a non-politician. Daily polling, which is sometimes unreliable, showed Bradley edging toward Gore — and the vice president seemed to be feeling the heat. “Why would Senator Bradley break his promise to run a different kind of campaign and launch divisive, manip ulative attacks?” Gore asked supporters, as Democratic leaders backing the vice president utged Bradley to cuib his crit icism. Bradley has turned the tables on Gore: The vice president revitalized his sagging campaign last fall by launching a full throated case against Bradley’s health care plan and questioning the former New Jersey senator’s commitment to the De mocratic Party. With aides promising still harder at tacks, Bradley stopped short of calling Gore a liar. “I don’t think that he said the truth” about his abortion record in Congress, Bradley told ABC. At a rally later, Bradley waved a re cent article about Gore’s 19% fund-rais ing trip to a Buddhist Temple near Los Angeles and demanded an explanation. He said the fund-raising scandal “was a disgrace” to both parties, particularly De mocrats. “When we all get into bed with the special interests, I think that makes a more serious problem for us than for Re publicans,” Bradley said. He suggested that Gore’s role in the fund-raising abuses would make him vul nerable to attacks by the GOP nominee. “Unless we clean up our own house, Republicans will clean it up for us this fall,” he told ABC. Ability to be elected president also was an issue on the GOP side, where Bush is closing the gap against McCain by pulling previously undecided Republi cans into the fold. McCain’s candidacy depends on a strong turnout from New Hampshire independents who can vote in either primary. McCain, who filled the Peterborough city hall with red, white and blue bal loons and more than 1,000 people for his 114th — and final — New Hampshire town hall, argued that his pledge to re form the political system makes him bet ter suited to expose Gore’s weaknesses. The Arizonan and Navy veteran said Bush is qualified to be president, but “there’s only one man who is fully prepared. 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He said none of the millions discov ered in the Hesse accounts abroad ever went to the federal party, denying me dia reports of a connection. Weyrauch allegedly ran the entire system of secret Hesse accounts. His statement, released through his lawyer in Frankfurt, seems to bolster percep tions that Kohl holds the key to unrav eling the source of money in secret ac counts set up for the federal party. Weyrauch is the first witness who will testify in a parliament investigation into whether influence was bought in Kohl’s government. The Christian De mocrats welcomed his release of infor mation Sunday, but said in a statement that there are still further contradictions that needed to be cleared up. Kohl and his Christian Democrats have been embroiled in a financial scan