Swiss Banks and Attempts to Recover Assets Belonging to the Victims of the Holocaust: Hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session on the Inquiry Into the Assets of Holocaust Victims Deposited in Swiss Banks and the Issues Surrounding the Recovery and Restoration of Gold and Other Assets Looted by Nazi Germany During World War II, and the Acts of Restitution which Must Follow, Thursday, May 15, 1997, Volume 4 |
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Page 413 - Germany must pay in kind for the losses caused by her to the Allied nations in the course of the war. Reparations are to be received in the first instance by those countries which have borne the main burden of the war. have suffered the heaviest losses and have organized victory over the enemy.
Page 104 - B. Wartime Treasury Department Controls 2 C Movements of Gold and Other Assets to and Through Switzerland. 1941-1943 3 D Negotiations Leading to the Inter-Allied Declaration Against Acts of Dispossession Committed in Territories Under Enemy Occupation or Control (London Declaration of January 5. 1943) 6
Page 94 - B Wartime Treasury Department Controls 2 C Movements of Gold and Other Assets to and Through Switzerland. 1941-1943 3 D Negotiations Leading to the Inter-Allied Declaration Against Acts of Dispossession Committed in Territories Under Enemy Occupation or Control (London Declaration of January
Page 497 - German assets in those countries which remained neutral in the war against Germany shall be removed from German ownership or control and liquidated or disposed of in accordance with the authority of France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, pursuant to arrangements to be negotiated with the neutrals by these countries. The net proceeds of liquidation
Page 594 - to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce, the mining, manufacturing, shipping, and fishing industries, and the transportation facilities of the United States. During World War
Page 549 - with which they are at war against the countries and peoples who have been so wantonly assaulted and despoiled.'" Furthermore, it has been announced many times that one of the purposes of the financial and property controls of the United
Page 606 - advises and makes recommendations to the National Security Council concerning intelligence matters and performs, for the benefit of the existing intelligence agencies, such additional services of common concern as the National Security Council
Page 498 - a share of reparation consisting of all the non-monetary gold found by the Allied Armed Forces in Germany and in addition a sum not exceeding 25 million dollars shall be allocated for the rehabilitation and resettlement of nonrepatriable victims of German action;
Page 170 - During testimony before the Subcommittee on War Mobilization of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs (the Kilgore Committee) on June 25. 1945, Assistant Secretary of State William Clayton provided a detailed account of the Axis Replacement Program in Latin America.
Page 194 - of the Reparations Agreement reads: "ALLOCATION OF A REPARATION SHARE TO NONREPATRIABLE VICTIMS OF GERMAN ACTION "In recognition of the fact that large numbers of persons have suffered heavily at the hands of the Nazis and now stand in dire need of aid to promote