Office of the Historian

740.019 EAC/6–2945: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

[Extracts]
London, June 29, 1945—10 p.m.
[Received June 29—7:35 p.m.]

6584. Cornea 307. Mytel 6372, June 23; repeated AusPolAd 6. Re proposal Tulln, Schwechat and Götzendorf airfields near Vienna be under US, UK, French control, respectively. Soviet EAC rep today made counter-offer of Tulln and Schwechat. US, UK, French delegations continued urge provision three airfields and reserved comment on Soviet counter-proposal. French delegation consulting Paris tonight.

Gousev accepted UK proposal place Wieden and Favoriten districts in UK Vienna area and place Landstrasse and Simmering in Soviet Vienna area. This completes zoning of Vienna City.

Two additional provisions approved for inclusion in report transmitting control machinery agreement:77 (1) “the Soviet Commander-in-Chief will allocate areas in the territory of the Soviet zone necessary [Page 153] for the small unit training and recreation of the Allied occupation forces stationed in the City of Vienna”; (2) “Living accommodation outside the City of Vienna will be found in special cases for senior officers and officials by arrangements agreed between the respective commanders.” Next EAC meeting, June 30.

Sent Dept 6584; repeated AusPolAd 9 (for Erhardt) and Paris 417 (for Murphy).

Winant
  1. Reference is in error; it should be to the report transmitting the agreement on zones of occupation. See correction in telegram 6761, July 5, from London, p. 154 ↩