THE SWISS ARE ASKED TO HELP CLEAR UP THE BANK MYSTERY

There have suggestions here that Switzerland may have been forewarned of the secret transactions. But Finance Minister Otto Stich said in Parliament today that the Swiss Government ''was never informed.'' A Swiss Government spokesman, Achille Casanova, said at a news conference i...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author JOHN TAGLIABUE, Special to the New York Times
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 09.12.1986
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
Subjects
ARMAMENT, DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES
ARMS SALES ABROAD
CIVIL WAR AND GUERRILLA WARFARE
FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNTS
NORTH, OLIVER L (LT COL)
PEROT, H ROSS
SECORD, RICHARD V
TAGLIABUE, JOHN
IRAN
NICARAGUA
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA, Dec. 8
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Summary:There have suggestions here that Switzerland may have been forewarned of the secret transactions. But Finance Minister Otto Stich said in Parliament today that the Swiss Government ''was never informed.'' A Swiss Government spokesman, Achille Casanova, said at a news conference in Bern that the Justice Department, in a preliminary notification, said it would request help ''in tracing payments through Swiss accounts,'' as well as ''preventive measures'' by Switzerland to avoid the loss of bank records relating to the payments. Finance Minister Stich, responding to questioning in Parliament, said, ''Bank secrecy is not absolute.''
ISSN:0362-4331