740.00119 EAC/4–1345: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:30 p.m.]
3800. Cornea 220. The UK representative on the EAC has circulated a short draft proposal for an Interim Allied Commission in Austria to cover the period from occupation of Vienna to surrender or collapse of Germany. Summary follows:
Commission to be established in Vienna as soon as occupied, with functions as follows: (1) Promote establishment of central Austrian administrative machinery as soon as possible; during interim period this function will also apply to local administrative machinery including Vienna and purging of existing officials. (2) Supervise such Austrian machinery of administration local or central as may be established. (3) Give effect to Allied policy in Austria so far as it is [Page 61] possible in this period. The Interim Commission to deal with administrative and political problems relieving Commander-in-Chief of responsibility in such fields. Operational matters will remain sole responsibility of Commander-in-Chief. End of Summary.