USA/GERMANY/SWITZERLAND: U.S. REPORT ON GOLD LOOTED FROM HOLOCAUST VICTIMS IMPLICATES SWITZERLAND AND FOUR OTHER NEUTRAL COUNTRIES.

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  • Title: USA/GERMANY/SWITZERLAND: U.S. REPORT ON GOLD LOOTED FROM HOLOCAUST VICTIMS IMPLICATES SWITZERLAND AND FOUR OTHER NEUTRAL COUNTRIES.
  • Date: 2nd June 1998
  • Summary: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (FILE - SEPTEMBER 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/PAN: VIEW OF GENEVA WITH LAKE AND FOUNTAIN 0.12 (FILE - MARCH 27, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 2. GV/MV/CU: GOLD BARS IN SWISS GOLD RESERVE (3 SHOTS) 0.34 WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (JUNE 2, 1998) (POOL - ACCESS ALL) 3. GV/CU: STATE DEPARTMENT EXTERIOR/ SIGN (2 SHOTS) 0.43 4. SV/GV: NEWS CONFERENCE (2 SHOTS) 0.56 5. MCU: UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE STUART EIZENSTAT SAYING THIS REPORT MAKES CLEAR THAT WHATEVER THEIR MOTIVATIONS, AND HOWEVER ACCEPTABLE BY THE STANDARDS OF THE TIME THAT THIS TRADE WAS NEUTRAL, AND INDEED MUCH OF IT WAS, THE CUMULATIVE TRADE OF WORLD WAR TWO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, IN PARTICULAR SPAIN, PORTUGAL, SWEDEN AND TURKEY, HELPED TO SUSTAIN THE NAZI WAR EFFORT BY SUPPLYING KEY MATERIALS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR CONDUCT DURING THE WAR. IN MANY CASES WELL PAST THE POINT WHERE, FROM THE ALLIED PERSPECTIVE AT THE TIME, THERE APPEARED TO BE A GENUINE THREAT (ENGLISH) 1.38 6. CU//MV/CU: EIZENSTAT WITH CHARTS/ JOURNALISTS (3 SHOTS) 1.51 7. MCU: EIZENSTAT SAYING IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNISE THAT THIS FLOW OF GOLD FROM GERMANY TO THESE NEUTRALS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE WAR DESPITE ALLIED WARNINGS IN JANUARY OF 1943 AND FEBRUARY OF 1944 AGAINST ACCEPTING TRANSFERS OF ASSETS FROM NAZI GERMANY THAT HAD BEEN LOOTED FROM OCCUPIED COUNTIRES (ENGLISH) 2.18 8. MCU: JOURNALISTS 2.23 9. MCU: EIZENSTAT SAYING THE NEUTRALS CONTINUED FOR MANY MONTHS INTO MID OR LATE 1944 IN MOST CASES. SWITZERLAND INDEED UNTIL THE CLOSING DAYS OF THE WAR, 1945. TO CONTINUE TO TRADE OR SHIP CRITICAL MATERIALS TO THE GERMAN WAR INDUSTRY (ENGLISH) 2.45 10. MV/CU: COPY OF THE REPORT (2 SHOTS) 2.54 AUSCHWITZ, GERMANY (FILE - 1945) (MONCHROME) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) -MUTE- 11. GV: YOUNG SURVIVORS WALKING BETWEEN CAMP FENCES 3.01 12. GV/CU: SURVIVORS LOOKING THROUGH BARBED WIRE FENCE/ EMACIATED SURVIVOR TURNING OVER GARMENT (3 SHOTS) 3.08 13. MCU/GV: SKELETON IN OVEN (2 SHOTS) 3.12 14. LV/GV: BODIES IN MASS GRAVE (2 SHOTS) 3.19 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES/ GENEVA, SWITZERLAND/ AUSCHWITZ, GERMANY
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  • Country: EUROPE USA United States NORTH AMERICA Switzerland Germany
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