Informed sources reported today that good results were achieved in talks in Bonn between A. Heilingsetzer, the Austrian Finance Minister, and officials of the West German Finance Ministry on West German contributions to Austrian restitution payments to Nazi victims. The Austrian Finance Minister returned yesterday from the Bonn talks.
It was indicated that West Germany would pay about $40,000,000 or about one-third of the total planned Austrian restitution payments to victims of the Nazi period in Austria. West German-Austrian talks on the question will be continued in January. The spring sessions of the Parliaments of both countries will discuss the reported agreement.
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