Interrogation by Swiss officials of Joseph Ben-Gal, the Israeli arrested here on charges of threatening the daughter of a German nuclear scientist working in Egypt on nuclear weapons, will start here tomorrow. Mr.Ben-Gal is being held in Lornhof prison here and the probe into the charges against him is expected to last one or two weeks.
It was indicated that the principal problem which Ben-Gal was facing was not the relatively minor Swiss charge of “coercion” but the likelihood of extradition to West Germany at the demand of the State of Baden-Wuettemburg. Under Swiss law, the order from the West German judge is sufficient for extradition, since no prima facie evidence is required against a suspect for extradition. Moreover, the Swiss-West German extradition agreement does not require the country seeking extradition to present evidence against the suspect.
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