740.00119 Control (Austria)/11–2645: Telegram

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

491. Implementation of Allied Council Austria decisions November 10 reported in P 5538, November 11 to Agwar signed Clark for JCS and State and my P 5568 November 12 required following action by each of four Govts:

(1)
Representations to Czech, Hungarian and Yugo Govts to prevent expulsion into Austria of Germanic peoples from those countries, and
(2)
Notification to Czech and Yugo Govts that Allied Council accepts the military missions which they informed the Council they wished to accredit to it.

In connection with (2) above interested Govts should be notified that Allied Council decided such missions should provide themselves with everything they require including transport, should be limited to overall total of ten members for each mission, and should be subject to local military or military Govt laws applicable to members of staffs of Allied Commission.

For information of Allied Commission please inform me when Dept has taken action under (1) and (2) above, preferably by repeating to me its messages to the other Govts.23

Erhardt
  1. The Department carried out this request by means of telegrams 420 to Praha, and 430 to Belgrade, repeated to Vienna as 308, November 28; none printed.