31.   Taylor declined to speculate when payments might actually begin to victims.

32.   The German parliament voted last month to remove the last legal barrier so compensation payments can begin.

33.   The payments begin in mid-January, he told the legislature.

34.   The statement said payments had begun for those who had laid down their weapons.

35.   These payments would begin one year after closing.

36.   There are more than a dozen other lawsuits pending in courts throughout the United States that Germany has said must be thrown out before victim payments can begin.

37.   They expected the process to take a few months before payments begin.