851.00/7–3145: Telegram
The United States Political Adviser on Austrian Affairs, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (Erhardt), to the Secretary of State
Verona, July 31,
1945—3 p.m.
[Received July 31—2:09 p.m.]
[Received July 31—2:09 p.m.]
129. Premier Laval landed today at Linz in American zone in Austria in a JU 88 with markings painted out. Laval was immediately taken into custody by US forces in Austria and will be turned over at once possibly today to French commander at Innsbruck.
Repeated Paris as 16.
Erhardt