863.01/12–2045: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt)
Washington, December
20, 1945—7 p.m.
380. President Truman has received General Clark’s telegram64 and has approved recognition of Austrian Govt. You are requested to consult with General Clark on proper means of transmitting notification to Austrian Govt and to concert with other representatives on Allied Council in order to obtain simultaneous action by four powers on announcement of recognition. Please inform Dept.
Acheson
- Presumably a reference to telegram P–8320, December 18, from General Clark in Vienna to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be passed for action to the Department of State. This telegram listed the members of the new Austrian Cabinet, and reported that at an extraordinary session on December 18, the Allied Council had approved the composition of the new Austrian Government. The Allied Council members further agreed to submit recommendations to their Governments that the Austrian Government now be recognized. General Clark urged prompt action by the United States Government. (Vienna Legation Files, 1945; Part 23, 800.2) The official confirmation of the composition of the new Austrian Government by the Allied Council, December 18, together with a list of the approved Cabinet members, is printed in The Gazette of the Allied Commission for Austria, No. 1 (December 1945–January 1946), pp. 34–55.↩