According to information reaching London from West German Finance Ministry sources, negotiations by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, for a final DM 600 million settlement of Jewish claims have fallen through. The claims were on behalf of Jewish Nazi victims in Eastern Europe who were only able to reach the West after 1965, the final date of previous reparations.
Israel was to receive a major slice of the money to pay for the resettlement of new immigrants from the Soviet Union and other East European countries. According to JTA information, the Germans have finally rejected the claims, saying they will pay no more reparations.
There was no official statement on the subject, and the West German press counsellor in London said he had no comment to make. However, sources among former German Jews living in London did confirm the story based on their contacts in Bonn. They claim that things are not as final as they now seem, but that compensation negotiations would be suspended until after the German elections.
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