Office of the Historian

740.00119 EAC/7–945: Telegram

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

London, July 9, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received 4:59 p.m.]

6894. Comea 329. At request Soviet rep EAC met this morning to complete text agreement on zones in Austria. Re pgh 2 my tel 6857 July 7, rptd AusPolAd 17, Murphy, 21, Gousev has now recd authorization his govt for inclusion in report of free transit for Allied goods and common use Vienna facilities. Agreement on zones to be signed 9 p.m., tonight.

[Here follow changes to be inserted into final text of agreement on zones of occupation in Austria. See the bracketed note infra.]

Full text of covering report to zones agreement begins:

(Title) Report by EAC to Govts of USA, UK and USSR and Provisional Govt of French Rep.

Beginning of text. In submitting text of agreement on zones of occupation in Austria and administration of City of Vienna for consideration and approval by Govts of USA, UK, USSR and Prov Govt of French Rep, the EAC recommends that the four govts issue directions to their respective C-in-C in Austria as follows:

1.
Personnel of the forces of occupation in Austria, including those allotted for occupation of Vienna and personnel of allied commission will have freedom of movement and communication thruout Austria in execution of their duties or when traveling on leave in accordance with regulations to be established by Allied Council.
2.
Allied Council will make necessary arrangements for transit in Austria by road, rail, air and water for goods and supplies required by the forces of occupation in Austria, including those forces allotted for the occupation of the City of Vienna and personnel of Allied [Page 159] Commission and likewise for common use of transport and communication facilities and public utility services in City of Vienna.91
3.
Use of facilities located in the district of Innerestadt will be regulated equitably by inter-Allied governing authority (Komendatura). The Soviet C-in-C will allocate areas in territory of the Soviet zone necessary for small unit training and recreation of Allied occupation forces stationed in City of Vienna.
4.
Living accommodation outside the City will be found in special cases for senior officers and officials by arrangements agreed between respective C-in-C. End of text.

This complete final text of report supercedes texts transmitted my tel 6761, July 5; my tel 6372 June 23 and my tel 6584 June 29.

Repeated AusPolAd 20 and Murphy 28.

Winant

[An agreement between the Governments of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United Kingdom and the Provisional Government of the French Republic on zones of occupation in Austrial and the administration of the City of Vienna was signed ad referendum at a meeting of the European Advisory Commission at London on July 9, 1945. Notification of approval by the respective signatories was given by their representatives on the Commission on the following dates: the United Kingdom, July 12; France, July 16; the Soviet Union, July 21; and the United States, July 24, 1945. For text of the agreement and annexed maps, see Department of State, Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS) 1600, or 61 Stat. (pt. 3) 2679. For documentation regarding the agreement on zones of occupation in Austria and the problem of the occupation of the western zones and of Vienna, [Page 160] see Conference of Berlin (Potsdam), volume I, pages 347–356, and volume II, pages 156, 164, 167, 175–176, 181–182, 244, 310–311, 316–317, 368, 393, 553, 603, 668–683, 1489–1490, and 1507.]

  1. This article was a redraft by the Soviet Delegation of an earlier draft article approved by the United States, British, and French Delegations on June 23 and reading as follows: “There shall be freedom of transit throughout Austria by road, rail, and water for the goods and supplies required by the forces of occupation in Austria, including those forces allotted for the occupation of Vienna, and by the Allied Commission, in accordance with regulations to be established by the Allied Council”. (European Advisory Commission Files: Lot 52 M 64)

    According to the United States Delegation minutes of the Commission’s meeting of July 9, the following exchange followed Gousev’s presentation of the Soviet redraft of the article:

    “Lord Hood noted that the Soviet draft did not mention ‘free transit’ but only stated ‘transit.’

    “Dr. Mosely commented that in practice this did not seem to make any great difference as the statement that arrangements for transit would be worked out surely meant that there would be all necessary transit rights.

    “M. Massigli also felt that the Soviet draft covered the point satisfactorily and he stated that his Delegation therefore now withdrew its reservation regarding the tentative agreement on the airdromes.” (European Advisory Commission Files: Lot 52 M 64)

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