A lawyer said he would include an Austrian bank in a lawsuit filed against German banks for their role in dealing in looted Nazi gold if the bank did not agree to talks before midnight. Officials with Creditanstalt responded to Ed Fagan’s charge by saying that while they would consider any “serious” proposal for settling the claims, they were not willing to deal with ultimatums.
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