740.00119 EAC/4–545: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 5—11:27 a.m.]
3455. Cornea 207. At last night’s meeting of the European Advisory Commission the United Kingdom Representative again pressed for immediate consideration of the question of setting up four-power machinery in Austria to operate in the interim period between the occupation of Vienna and the surrender or collapse of Germany. He stressed the importance of having a four-power organ in Austria [Page 44] to begin to apply the principles laid down in the Moscow declaration on Austria. I gave full support to this urgent item on the EAC agenda.
Gousev again insisted that the Commission must first settle arrangements for zones of occupation and control machinery for the post surrender period. On my urging it was agreed to take up the question of interim control machinery at the next meeting of the EAC April 6. No proposals have so far been advanced by any delegation for adapting the post surrender machinery for use in the interim period. I have received no suggestions or comments from the Department on this subject.