863.00/977: Telegram
The Minister in Austria (Messersmith) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 30—8:45 a.m.]
88. Referring to my telegram No. 86, July 27, 4 p.m., the President charged Schuschnigg with formation new Cabinet which is as follows:
Schuschnigg Chancellor and Minister of War, Education and Justice; Starhemberg Vice Chancellor; Berger-Waldenegg (a Heimwehr leader) Minister for Foreign Affairs; Fey in addition to previous functions under last Cabinet General State Commissar for matter[s] of internal administration; Buresch Finance; Stockinger Commerce; [Page 35] Neustädter-Stürmer Social Welfare and matters corporative state; General Zehner Under Secretary War; Dr. Hans Pernter, a divisional chief of the Ministry, is named Under Secretary for Education; Karwinsky Under Secretary of Justice.
The special commission for extraordinary security measures remain as heretofore with Starhemberg as Chancellor and Fey as Vice Chancellor.
As a Minister for Foreign Affairs has been appointed Tauschitz remains Under Secretary temporarily.