840.4016/11–2845: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Czechoslovakia (Steinhardt)
417. Allied Council in Vienna in resolution Nov. 1079 requested govts of four occupying powers to make strong and immediate representations to Govts of Zecho, Hungary and Yugo that in view of imminent danger of a further influx of Germans into Austria the govts of these three states adopt adequate measures to prevent the mass expulsion of Germanic people into Austria.
You are requested in cooperation with British, French, and Soviet colleagues to call attention of Zecho Govt to this resolution, pointing out that numerous Germans from Zecho are now present in Austria and in order to prevent further influx of Germanic people, Allied Council agreed that occupying powers strengthen existing frontier control in their various zones, including arrest and punishment of any persons attempting illegal entry into Austria. Similar instructions have been sent to Belgrade and Budapest.80
Repeated to Vienna as 306.
- The text of the resolution by the Allied Council was transmitted to the Department by the United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs in Vienna in his telegram 430, November 7, not printed. For documentation regarding the resolution, see telegram P–5568, November 12, from Vienna, vol. iii, p. 652.↩
- This telegram was repeated, mutatis mutandis, as No. 429 to Belgrade and No. 741 to Budapest.↩