863.00/1678: Telegram

The Ambassador in Germany (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

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