740.00119 Control (Austria)/4–2145: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 21, 1945—6:35 p.m.]
2031. The substance of Department’s 1559, April 19 was conveyed to Chauvel last evening. He said in reply that the decision to send representatives to Vienna was officially approved in a Cabinet meeting yesterday morning. He stated that the Russians have not as yet been informed of the French acceptance of Stalin’s proposal but indicated that this will be done in the near future. The French political representative who has not as yet been selected will proceed to Caserta as soon as he is designated. I informed him that our representatives intend to proceed to Vienna as soon as possible.
He said that he assumed that the American and British delegations would be small and asked approximately how many people we intend to send. I replied that I would endeavor to ascertain and let him know.
Repeated to London as 243; Moscow as 53 and AmPolAd Caserta as 36 for Erhardt.