21.   Lisa Gann-Perkal, an Jewish Agency official, said the survivors are represented on other bodies dealing with Jewish assets such as the World Jewish Restitution Organization.

22.   Relations between Switzerland and the United States have come under strain because of accusations that the Swiss acted as banker to the Nazis and siphoned off Jewish assets.

23.   Some Jewish organizations claim that Swiss banks are sitting on billions rather than millions of Jewish assets.

24.   Stung by such charges, the government last year created a commission to study the issue of wartime Jewish assets.

25.   Swiss banks admit to only holding a few million in Jewish assets.

26.   Switzerland faced international criticism that its banks are sitting on millions - if not billions - of Jewish assets.

27.   Studer also rejected Jewish suggestions that the bank search for Jewish assets had been inadequate.

28.   The banking ombudsman is only one of several Swiss investigations into missing Jewish assets in Switzerland.

29.   The banks have so far uncovered only a few million dollars in unclaimed Jewish assets.

30.   Switzerland has made previous attempts to return Jewish assets, especially by making lump sum payments to foundations.