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Alfonse D'Amato: “As one can see, the amount of gold, estimated by this report is said to be $398 million, $148 million more than the…”

On the recordJune 18, 1996
As one can see, the amount of gold, estimated by this report is said to be $398 million, $148 million more than the treaty amount. A possible reason for the difference can be laid upon the Swiss because they would not agree to give up more than $250 million. I would like to know what happened to the other $148 million, or more, that apparently was kept by the Swiss. I am quite sure that the other nations of Europe who had their gold looted from them by the Nazis and sent to Switzerland, not to mention the individual citizens who had gold taken from them, would like to know where that gold is today. Only the Swiss know and they aren't talking.
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Addressing the issue of missing gold held by Switzerland after World War II.

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