Participation of the United States in the operation of the Allied Commission for Austria; interest of the United States in the establishment of a government for Austria 1

1. For documentation on the establishment of an Allied control mechanism for Austria, see pp. 1 ff., and Foreign Relations, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, vol. i, pp. 347 ff. For documentation on the attitude of the Allied Powers toward the formation of the Renner provisional government in Austria, see ibid., pp. 334 ff. For documentation on the discussions of the Austrian question at the Berlin Conference, see ibid., vol. ii, p. 1604, entries in index under Austria.


[471] The Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt )

740.00119 Control (Austria)/12–645: Telegram


[472] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt ) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Austria)/12–1245: Telegram


[473] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt ) to the Secretary of State

462.00R/12–1245: Telegram


[474] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt ) to the Secretary of State

840.50 UNRRA/12–1245: Telegram


[475] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt ) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Austria)/12–1345: Telegram


[476] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Harriman )

740.00119 Council/12–1445: Telegram


[477] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt ) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Austria)/12–1445


[478] The French Embassy to the Department of State

740.00119 Control (Austria)/12–1445


[479] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt ) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Germany)/12–1845


[481] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt ) to the Secretary of State

863.00/12–2145: Telegram


[483] The Secretary of War ( Patterson ) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Austria)/12–2845


[485] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs ( Erhardt ) to the Secretary of State

Vienna Legation Files, 1946, volume 59, 801–Austria