The German Government today recalled Freiherr von Weizsacker, Ambassador to Switzerland, from a vacation and sent him to Berne to lodge a verbal protest with the authorities in connection with the assassination of Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi leader.
The Ambassador was instructed to emphasize that Germany expects a thorough investigation to ascertain the identity of the people behind David Frankfurter, the confessed slayer.
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