Office of the Historian

863.00/1416: Telegram

The Chargé in Austria (Wiley) to the Secretary of State

Vienna [undated.]
[Received March 11, 1938—10:30 p.m.]

67. According to radio announcement President Miklas has appointed new Cabinet as follows:

Seyss-Inquart, Chancellor and Minister War; Glaise-Horstenau, Vice Chancellor; Wilhelm Wolf, Foreign Affairs; Franz Hueber (Goering’s in-law), Justice; Menghin, Education; Victor Jury, Social Administration; Anton Reinthaler, Agriculture and Forestry; Hans Fishböck, Commerce and Communications; Kaltenbruner, Undersecretary for Security Questions in Federal Chancellery; Hubert Klausner, Undersecretary for Education and Political Will. Finance Minister Neumayer and Undersecretary for Security, Skubl, carry over. Reports confirm account German troops crossing the border. Rumors circulating that Goering and Hess48 arriving tomorrow.

Wiley
  1. Rudolf Hess, Reich Minister without Portfolio.↩