31.   Rumor has it that after the Japanese surrender, its army withdrew hurriedly, leaving behind fabulous treasures of looted gold and jewelry in secret buried places in Kanchanaburi.

32.   Spain has insisted that it did not officially receive looted gold from Germany during World War II, although it admits that some contraband gold may have been delivered.

33.   Switzerland has been accused of making millions, and perhaps billions, of dollars from the wartime trade in looted Nazi gold.

34.   Spain insists it did not officially receive looted gold from Germany during World War II, although it admits that some contraband gold may have been delivered.

35.   That means confronting and stating that they knowingly accepted looted gold.

36.   The German assurance came a month after Allied countries had informed Sweden that Germany likely had exhausted its pre-war gold reserves and could be paying with looted gold.

37.   The three countries, which took responsibility after the war for distributing the looted gold, are hoping the other nations attending the conference will also contribute.

38.   The Swiss government announced Wednesday that it will take part in the December conference on looted Nazi gold to be held in London.

39.   The United States set an end-of-the century deadline for distributing cash from looted Nazi gold.

40.   Tons of looted gold may lie under fortress.