INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF EXPERTS
SWITZERLAND - WORLD WAR II

Berne, March 30, 1998

Media briefing

Interim report on the gold transactions - Postponement of media briefing

At its meeting in Montreux (17-20 March 1998) the Independent Commission of Experts: Switzerland - Second World War finalized and approved the interim report "Switzerland and gold transactions in the Second World War" with a view to publishing it in the German original on 6 April 1998.

However, at the explicit request of the Federal Council, the report has to be simultaneously published in all official Swiss languages (German, French, Italian) and in English.

The translations of a document of over 200 pages plus some annexes will take some time. Under these circumstances, the Commission feels itself obliged to postpone the Press Conference of 6 April 1998 to a later date.