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	Military of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Switzerland is part of the Neutral Nation Supervisory Committee (NNSC) which was created to monitor the armistice between North and South Korea.
		During military service, the employee is paid a compensation of 70% of his regular salary by the state.
		For example, Switzerland uses only one rifle model, the FASS 90, and two types of ground-based anti-aircraft systems, including a Swiss-built and improved version of the Stinger (Swiss army knives are also issued, although they are neither red nor considered weapons).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_Department_(Switzerland) (1708 words)

	Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Switzerland is a federation of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics.
		Switzerland is not a member state of the EU but applied for membership therein in May 1992.
		Switzerland is a prosperous and stable modern market economy with a per capita GDP higher than that of the big western European economies.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Switzerland.htm (2154 words)

	The Swiss Report (1983)
		The people of Switzerland are to be envied for their many achievements, and the policy achievement of a plan for armed neutrality could be a model either in whole or in part for those seeking a rational approach to survival problems.
		Switzerland adopted a new constitution in 1848, modeled somewhat after the American constitution and this was amended in 1874 to increase the federal government's powers in military and court matters, although the cantons (equivalent to American states) generally retain considerably more power than American states.
		CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Military Defense OF DEFENSE Committee
	www.constitution.org /mil/swiss_report.htm (6564 words)

	SWITZERLAND: COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE - 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Switzerland is a member of all major international intellectual property rights conventions and was an active supporter of a strong IPR text in the GATT Uruguay round negotiations.
		Switzerland has one of the best regimes in the world for the protection of intellectual property, and protection is afforded equally to foreign and domestic rights holders.
		Switzerland is a member of both the European patent convention and the patent cooperation treaty, making it possible for inventors to file a single patent application in the United States (or other PCT country, or any member of the European Patent Convention, once it enters into force) and receive protection in Switzerland.
	www.mac.doc.gov /tcc/data/commerce_html/countries/Countries5/Switzerland/CountryCommercial/1998/InvestmentClimate.html (4166 words)

	Military of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Armed Forces of Switzerland is a unique institution somewhere between a militia and a regular army.
		In peacetime, the armed forces are led by the Chief of the Armed Forces, who reports to the head of the Department of Defense and to the Federal Council as a whole.
		No statistics are published on the abuse of military rifles, but because unregistered handguns are easily available in Switzerland, only an insignificant percentage of gun crimes involves the relatively unwieldy army rifles.
	www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Swiss_Army (1371 words)

	Switzerland: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Switzerland is governed by consensus, but the population has increasingly abstained in referendums.
		Switzerlandâs integration into the IMF was approved by a plebiscite in May 1992.
		The Government suspended the military intelligence chief on charges of having masterminded the operation leading to a multimillion dollar embezzlement by a former intelligence officer with the purpose of creating an underground army.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=158 (2555 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Switzerland
		Switzerland also contains a large number of lakes, the largest of which are on the edges of the Alps and the Jura, such as Geneva or Leman, Constance, Neuchâtel, Lucerne, Lugano, Maggiore, and Zürich.
		On the organization of the Roman provinces before Diocletian the northwestern past of the territory of Switzerland belonged to the provinces of Germania Superior, the southwestern section (Geneva) to the Provincia Narbonensis, the eastern and the greater part of the southeastern region to the province of Rhaetia.
		The Capuchins also entered Switzerland at the same time, and erected their first monastery on Swiss soil at Altorf in 1579; this was gradually followed by the founding of nearly thirty more houses, so that their spiritual labors embraced the larger part of the Catholic districts of the Confederation.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14358a.htm (8038 words)

	Switzerland (07/05)
		Switzerland is a federal state composed of 26 cantons (20 are "full" cantons and six "half" cantons for purposes of representation in the federal legislature) that retain attributes of sovereignty, such as fiscal autonomy and the right to manage internal cantonal affairs.
		Traditionally, Switzerland has avoided alliances that might entail military, political, or direct economic action, but in recent years the Swiss have broadened the scope of activities in which they feel able to participate without compromising their neutrality.
		Switzerland is an active participant in the OSCE, its foreign minister serving as Chairman-in-Office for 1996.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3431.htm (6453 words)

	Country Narratives -- Countries Q through Z
		Switzerland is primarily a country of destination, and secondarily transit, for mostly women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and domestic servitude.
		Switzerland’s borders are adequately monitored with stringent immigration regulations, and the government cooperated with a Swiss NGO to train Swiss consular officials to educate visa applicants in their home countries on the risks of falling victim to trafficking.
		The Department of Naturalization and Residency at the Ministry of Interior established a central operations room to track the arrival and departure of individuals in the Emirates.
	www.state.gov /g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2003/21277.htm (17002 words)

	Chapter 2: Americans in Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		April 24, 1944, Lt. Barnett, co-pilot of a B-17G piloted by Lt. Ray McCallum landed in Dübendorf, Switzerland and was subsequently interned in the town of Adelboden.
		Something of Legge’s approach is revealed in his comments to the War Department in which he stated that one of the central problems in dealing with the internees was that there was too much fraternizing between officers and enlisted men, resulting in a lack of authority and discipline.
		On June 8, 1944, Legge claimed, the War Department cabled him with an order that “all the men upon their arrival in Switzerland” be “ordered not to attempt to escape” (NA II, RG 319, DC #745073).
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/d/r/dra3/swiss2.htm (5661 words)

	1997 Human Rights Reports: Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Switzerland is a constitutional democracy with a federal structure and an independent judiciary.
		Switzerland has traditionally been a haven for refugees, but public concern over the high number of asylum seekers generated pressure on the Government to tighten its policy.
		Experts have proposed making such acts punishable in Switzerland regardless of where the crime took place, but there was no action on the problem during the year.
	www.usemb.se /human/human97/switzerl.html (3200 words)

	NATO/PfP: Presentation Document of Switzerland
		Switzerland supports all efforts to expand the co-operation between the OSCE states to their mutual benefit and to strengthen democracy, stability and peace in Europe.
		Switzerland also wants to contribute to the co-operation in the OSCE area among training and research institutions in security policy, especially co-operation aiming at the development and mutual exchange of teaching materials and data bases concerning the promotion of peace, democracy, and stability in Europe and beyond.
		The Political Directorate of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Secretariat General of the Federal Military Department are designated as the responsible point of contacts with NATO, its member states and other partner states in the context of the Partnership for Peace.
	www.nato.int /pfp/docu/p961217a.htm (1470 words)

	NSNL 74 - Intelligence profile: Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Switzerland's independence and neutrality have long been honoured by the major European powers, and Switzerland was not involved in either of the two World Wars.
		Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations, but retains a strong commitment to neutrality.
		Switzerland is one of the believed 30 countries (in 2002) using such systems.
	www.cvni.net /radio/nsnl/nsnl74ch.html (1545 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War ll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While not perhaps perfect, 'Target Switzerland' is a fascinating and enlightening explanation of the dilemma in which Switzerland found itself in the 1930s and 40s, and why and how that nation chose to do the things it did.
		Between exagerated criticism accusing Switzerland of collaboration with Germany and the exagerated glorification of the role of the Swiss army.
		While the majority of Switzerland's population is German-speaking (the rest being French, Italian, or Romansh) the nation was virtually unanimous in hoping and praying for the defeat of Germany.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1885119534?v=glance (3420 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Under the Constitution and the law, citizens are free to travel in or outside the country, to emigrate, and to repatriate.
		Some human rights organizations have charged authorities with abuses in connection with the implementation of a law adopted in 1995 aimed at asylum seekers or illegal foreigners who are suspected of committing crimes or avoiding repatriation.
		Switzerland has strong legal prohibitions against discrimination directed at disabled persons in employment, education, and the provision of other state services.
	www.usemb.se /human/human96/switzerl.html (2387 words)

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		APPLICABILITY This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Joint Staff, the Unified and Specified Commands, and the Defense Agencies.
		The General Counsel, Department of Defense (GC, DoD), is authorized to change the assignments for processing claims arising in those countries listed in enclosure 1 and to assign responsibility for processing claims in countries not listed in enclosure 1.
		Department of the Navy: Bahrain, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Portugal, and Tunisia.
	www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/text/d55158p.txt (416 words)

	Chapter II: Operational Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Department of the Army headquarters participation included augmentation of the Army Operations Center on a 24-hour basis from 7 to 13 March; staff agencies manned response cells in their normal operating areas to support their representatives in the Army Operations Center.
		The exercise provided valuable political and military insights into tactical nuclear weapon employment and contributed substantially to a DA deployment and employment policy for tactical nuclear weapons, which was approved by the Chief of Staff in May 1973.
		Before the 1973 presidential inauguration, the Directorate of Military Support was designated as the Army staff co-ordinator for inaugural activities and charged with carrying out civil disturbance contingency planning based on the Department of justice's assessment of the threat of civil disorder that might occur during the ceremony.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/DAHSUM/1973/chII.htm (7710 words)

	Swiss Army - Switzerland for Visitors
		According to Swiss military dogma, a powerful citizen army is the best way to preserve Switzerland's neutrality and keep neighboring countries from invading Swiss territory.
		Like members of a volunteer fire department or a fraternal lodge, citizen soldiers tend to look out for each other in the business world.
		Swiss men who live in other countries don't have to serve in the army, but they're required to tithe 2% of their income to the mother country in the form of a military exemption tax.
	europeforvisitors.com /switzaustria/articles/swiss_army.htm (429 words)

	WWII Stalag Luft 1
		Nearly 6000 PWs were crowded into the camp in Sept. 1944, and at the time of the liberation of the camp 7717 Americans and 1,427 Britons were returned to military control.
		Early in 1944 the camp consisted of 2 compounds designated as South and West compounds, containing a total of 7 barracks, in which American officers and British officers and enlisted men were housed.
		Several changes were made as the camp enlarged, but for the most part, the camp administration was carried out on a military basis similar to the operation of an air base.
	www.b24.net /pow/stalag1.htm (3127 words)

	Can - Caq
		It is "[d]esigned primarily for researchers, especially those concerned [with] military operations and events on the Home Front," and should be "very helpful" to serious historians.
		The CIA is assisting the Defense Department's Defense HUMINT Service in establishing commercial cover for overseas collection operations.
		1.6: "During the winter of 1919-1920 the U.S. State Department sent a small U.S. Navy intelligence mission, led by RADM Newton McCully, to south Russia to join the Whites and report on the strength of the Bolsheviks and their potential threat.
	intellit.muskingum.edu /alpha_folder/C_folder/can-caq.html (756 words)

	USHMM Information Access
		This was quite difficult, for numerous reasons including the basic fact that much of Switzerland's food and all their fuel had to be imported.
		German real estate holdings in Switzerland were thought to be worth $62,500,000..." "Privately owned German accounts were reported to be in excess of 500 million Swiss francs.
		During the war Switzerland was the center of intelligence battles among the Axis and Allies intelligence units.
	www.ushmm.org /uia-bin/uia_doc/art/x10-30 (2527 words)

	Switzerland - Intelligence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The SIS gathers, in close cooperation with other federal offices, information relevant to the security of Switzerland for the political and military leadership, analyzes this information and disseminates its findings.
		Report by the Study Commission on the Intelligence Directorate, submitted to the head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, 2000.
		Investigating the Strategic Intelligence Service of Switzerland: Experiences of a Parliamentarian, by Dr. Barbara Haering, presented at a conference of the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces, October 2002.
	fas.org /irp/world/switzerland (217 words)

	IMPF - General Information
		IMPF Department 110 under International Military Police Federation Charter administered from Geneva Switzerland is the world’s foremost multilateral organization of military and law enforcement reciprocating assistance agency.
		This Department serves as an operational partner in international assistance responding to specific requisitions requiring specialized cooperation.
		IMPF Dept. 110's personnel consist exclusively of upper and mid level national and international officers, drawn from all military services and all law enforcement agencies world-wide.
	www.impf.org /info.htm (240 words)

	Switzerland map and information page by World Atlas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The beautiful, mountainous country of Switzerland is landlocked in south-central Europe, and remains one of the most popular travel destinations on the planet.
		Politically, its long-standing neutrality is highly respected by the major nations of the world, and in fact, Switzerland played no part in World War I and II.
		The Switzerland pages are currently being revised, but you can find additional information about the history of the country here.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/europe/ch.htm (379 words)

	Truman Library - James W. Riddleberger Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The papers of James W. Riddleberger mostly document his participation as a State Department official in the Potsdam Conference (1945) and the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Moscow (1947), and also his subsequent service as a political affairs specialist with OMGUS and the U.S. High Commissioner in postwar Germany.
		From 1947 to 1949, Riddleberger served as Director of Political Affairs in the Office of Military Government for Germany-U.S. He held a similar post on the staff of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany from 1949 to 1950, and later served as Director of the State Department's Bureau of German Affairs.
		Photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items in the collection relate to Riddleberger's service in Germany as a subordinate of Military Governor Lucius D. Clay and High Commissioner John J. McCloy; also documented is his subsequent role in helping to obtain Senate approval of two important treaties with West Germany in 1952.
	www.bonus.com /contour/Truman_Kids/http@@/www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/riddleberger.htm (581 words)

	Military Magazines and News Sites
		In-depth articles on military establishments, doctrines, operational and tactical practices of selected foreign armed forces.
		US Army War College journal on the art and science of land warfare, national and international security affairs, military strategy, military history, ethics, and other military topics.
		Covers current military technology trends, conflicts in all arenas of the world, military policy and intelligence.
	www.world-newspapers.com /military.html (455 words)

	NATO Press Release (97)75 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Visit by the Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Military Department of Switzerland, Mr.
		The Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Military Department of Switzerland, Mr.
		He will attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at which he will declare acceptance of the Individual Partnership Programme for Switzerland which has been jointly developed by Switzerland and NATO and approved by the North Atlantic Council.
	www.nato.int /docu/pr/1997/p97-075e.htm (176 words)

	Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Switzerland's independence and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers and Switzerland was not involved in either of the two World Wars.
		The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations has strengthened Switzerland's ties with its neighbors.
		Switzerland is active in many UN and international organizations, but retains a strong commitment to neutrality.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/CountryView.cfm?ID=206 (98 words)

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