An international panel of historians concluded its report on Swiss gold purchases from Nazi Germany, but publication of the report will be postponed beyond its previously scheduled date of April 6. The Independent Commission of Experts said in a statement that the delay was due to the Swiss government’s desire to have the report translated from German into French, Italian and English before it was released simultaneously in all four languages. But some Swiss observers suspect that the government fears that the report would adversely affect ongoing negotiations with Swiss banks for a global settlement of Holocaust-era related issues.
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