December 4, 1997
 

"(...) An international conference on looted Nazi gold ended Thursday with division on two issues: opening secret archives and a fund to aid elderly Nazi-era victims(...)which aims to compensate Holocaust survivors and other World War II-era victims. 
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Since 1946 The Tripartite Commission -- formed by Britain, France and the United States after the war -- has been redistributing looted gold to countries whose treasuries were raided by invading Nazis.

Five and a half tons of that gold has yet to be returned.

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Austria and Poland said Thursday they would donate what they are owed. 

Controversy also continued over the refusal of the Tripartite Gold Commission to open its archives. 

The United States wants the documents declassified immediately, to help uncover the truth about gold stolen from Jews and other victims. Britain and France want to wait until the commission wraps up its work in a few months. 
 

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report."