The president of Switzerland called on President Clinton to block threatened sanctions against Swiss banks. In a letter to Clinton, Flavio Cotti said sanctions were “unjustified, unlawful and counterproductive.” Several U.S. states and cities are calling for the sanctions if the banks do not settle Holocaust-era claims against them.
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