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To: Bucky Katt who wrote (3772)	12/3/1997 10:54:00 AM
From: Greg Ford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

Swiss Nazi gold blame seen jeopardizing Solidarity fund plan By Bridge News London--Dec 2--Swiss representatives could warn delegates at a conference on Nazi gold in London this week that the scapegoating of Switzerland could scupper its plans for a humanitarian Solidarity foundation to aid victims of genocide, war and natural disasters, the UK's Press Association reported. * * * Switzerland has come under heavy fire over the last year as details came to light of how its secretive banks held on for more than half a century to cash deposited by Jews who later died in Nazi concentration camps. An international commission of historians set up by the Swiss Government to prepare evidence for this week's conference reported that 76% of all gold exported abroad by Hitler's Reichsbank went to Switzerland. But Swiss delegation leader Thomas Borer insisted Monday that his country had nothing to be ashamed of in its wartime conduct and was prepared to defend its actions at the conference. An article in The New York Times Monday said Swiss officials now fear that if the public feel under attack for actions taken half a century ago, a referendum next year on the planned humanitarian fund might fail. Speaking Monday, Borer said: "I am ready to confront the Jewish organizations if they want a confrontation. But I and my government believe more in co-operation. If you compare the behavior of my country during World War 2, I would say that we are in a much more favorable position than most European countries, apart from perhaps Britain and the Allies. "Politicians and journalists are talking about the lessons to be drawn from the Holocaust. No-one is talking about how a few people 55 years ago could convince so many to help them and how many others looked away and minded their own business." The Swiss, wary of becoming the conference's whipping-boys, are thought to be ready to point the finger at the US for also accepting "tainted" gold after the war. Switzerland proposed that archives in all relevant countries be opened to make researchers' work easier. A Swiss working group concluded in a report Oct 24 that the Swiss National Bank held too much gold and should sell up to 1,400 tonnes, or around 54%, of its total to fund public causes such as the proposed humanitarian Solidarity Foundation. But the plan must be approved at national referendum first. The proposed Swiss humanitarian Solidarity foundation is often confused with the already-established Holocaust Fund, a private fund with donations from the 3 big banks, the SNB, industry and other groups to help Holocaust victims and their heirs. It is managed by a committee of Swiss and international Jewish officials.

To: Bucky Katt who wrote (3772)	12/3/1997 11:36:00 PM
From: Terry Rose	Respond to of 116762

In reading the article about Soros, I learned a great deal about the Quantum fund and some of it's potential access to inside information. This could be of some benefit regardless of who the authors were. I would also like to make it clear that I am not prejudiced to any group, other than bankers, and this has only been over the past few months. My two closest friends during my medical school days are Jewish, and also just plain great guys. I am not sure if they are goldbugs, though.