Paris Peace Conf. 184.011/144c: Telegram
The Commission to Negotiate Peace to the Minister in Switzerland (Stovall)
45. For Coolidge, Vienna. On April 2nd the Associated Governments intend to publish a notice authorizing the restoration of trade with German Austria outlining the conditions of this restoration. This notice contemplates:
- (1)
- The establishment of an Interallied Trade Commission at Vienna.
- (2)
- The importation into German-Austria of all products, save a short list of articles mostly of a military character.
- (3)
- The prohibition of all reexportation, save under special authorization of the Inter Allied Commission, from German-Austria to countries with which commercial relations are not now authorized, namely Germany, Hungary and Bolshevik Russia.
It is desired that you communicate the above promptly and informally to the German-Austrian authorities and also to the French and British representatives in Vienna.
In case the Austrian Government should have fallen before this reaches you, it is left to your discretion whether above action should be taken or not.
It had been contemplated to restore trade relations with Hungary at the same time as with German-Austria, but in view of Bolshevik conditions there resumption of trade with Hungary will be considered later.