863.00/1678: Telegram
The Ambassador in Germany (Wilson) to the Secretary of State
Berlin, April 11, 1938—11
a.m.
[Received April 11—9:10 a.m.]
[Received April 11—9:10 a.m.]
176. Following are the approximate provisional results of yesterday’s plebiscite and Reichstag election on the issue of Austria’s union with Germany: in the former Reich territory 44,000,000 affirmative 437,000 negative votes giving an affirmative percentage of 99.02; in former Austrian territory 4,267,000 affirmative 11,281 negative votes giving an affirmative percentage of 99.75.
Wilson