740.00119 EAC/4–2345: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 23—4:40 p.m.]
4160. At tonight’s meeting of the European Advisory Commission the Soviet representative introduced formally his new proposal for the division of the city of Vienna, which I reported in my 4125 to Department April 23, 2 p.m., repeated to Caserta as my 92. The grounds advanced were that a large part of the proposed Soviet area, particularly Floridsdorf, had been destroyed in the capture of Vienna. This new proposal and the reason advanced in support of it seem added grounds for looking over the zoning and facilities at Vienna on the spot. I also hope that an officer from the Air Service will be assigned to the mission.
Sent to Department as 4160; repeated to Caserta as 93.