The United States and Austria said they are confident they can wrap up an agreement next week for Austrian payments to Holocaust survivors whose property was stolen by the Nazis. U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat said Austria had significantly increased the offer it made last month.
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