1.   Although the conference lacks decision-making powers, world Jewish leaders said they plan to use the meeting to force open all closed files concerning Nazi gold.

2.   A Dutch claim for Nazi gold would be the first from another country if the Netherlands goes ahead.

3.   After the war, the Swiss initially denied having received any looted Nazi gold.

4.   Both Portugal and Switzerland insist that they were not aware that the Nazi gold they used for trade had been looted.

5.   Documents and evidence mounting after two days of talks have broadened the debate over Nazi gold.

6.   Documents released in recent months have made clear that Swiss banks traded in looted Nazi gold, and that Swiss businesses made a fortune selling arms to the Nazis.

7.   Eizenstat began organizing the conference a year ago after a meeting in London on the issue of Nazi gold.

8.   In Argentina, President Juan Domingo Peron was openly sympathetic and only too ready to accept Nazi gold.

9.   In the transaction involving Canada, the Portuguese bought four tons of Nazi gold in Switzerland.

10.   Instead, more often the Nazi gold bought not just goods but souls.