Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1945, European Advisory Commission, Austria, Germany, Volume III

740.00119 Control (Austria)/5–2745: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, May 27, 1945—8 p.m.
[Received May 27—7:40 p.m.]

5335. For Mr. Matthews. At European Advisory Commission May 24 Gousev stated that practical questions arise in Vienna after liberation and naturally Red Army solves them as appears most expedient in absence of agreed Allied documents on zones and control machinery in Austria. In private conversation Gousev is conciliatory on Austrian matters and appears anxious to avoid future reproaches for unilateral actions.

This attitude suggests that when proposed reconnaissance party arrives in Vienna (Depts 500, May 21, 11 a.m. to Caserta, repeated to London as 3999 and to Paris as 2205⁴¹) Soviet authorities there may wish to begin preliminary discussions on current political and economic developments in Austria in addition to furnishing info required to enable EAC to complete agreement on division of Vienna for occupation.

Sent to Dept as 5335 reptd to Paris as 315 (for Erhardt [Murphy?]^41a) and to Caserta as 117 (for Erhardt).

Winant

41. Not printed; it repeated Marshal Stalin’s message of May 18 to President Truman (740.00119 Control (Austria)/5–1845)
42. Brackets appear in the original.