740.00119 Council/10–649: Telegram

The United States Deputy for Austria at the Council of Foreign Ministers (Reber) to the Secretary of State

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Delau 313. At third informal meeting on Austrian treaty of four ministers held October 6 Vishinsky altered Soviet position in several respects but not on important issues of oil exploration areas, pipelines and rolling stock. Ministers agreed that deputies should resume their meetings in New York commencing October 10 and submit preliminary report within two weeks, after Vishinsky objected to US suggestion that deputies meet in Washington.

Vishinsky (1) agreed with Western view that Soviet footnote to sections II, III and IV of list number 5 (DDSG) should apply to all DDSG property mentioned in those sections, not only to land; (2) agreed with Western view that paragraph 9 of article 35 should state Austrian legislation applies to property covered by paragraph 9; (3) agreed in principle with Western proposal for paragraph 12 to article 35, which Soviets would revise to provide in effect that claims of Allied and associated powers shall be satisfied when Austria has fulfilled obligations provided for in article 35; (4) deleted Soviet proposal for reference in article 26 to article 27, and deleted Soviet proposals for paragraph 2 of article 27 and annexes III, IV and V: (5) stated that agreement on Western proposals for article 42 would not be difficult once other important points resolved.

Subsequent discussion brought out: (1) Soviets retain proposals for paragraph 5 of article 16 and for addition to paragraph 3 of article 27; (2) Soviets will consider revising paragraph 2 of footnote to sections II, III and IV of article 35 so as to provide for extension of DDSG leases to land for period of life expectancy of buildings located on such land, not in perpetuity; (3) Soviets seek in paragraph 3 to this DDSG footnote principally exemption from discriminatory action by Austria and will reconsider their wording in this light; (4) Soviets see no reason for deputies not to consider revision of Soviet list number 2 provided all of Gross Entzersdorf included and provided Soviets get alternative areas of equal value; and (5) Soviets refuse to agree to discussion by deputies of rolling stock.1

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Department please relay to Vienna as USUN 5, London USUN 22, Paris USUN 21, Moscow USUN 19.

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  1. The minutes for this meeting are in CFM Files: Lot M–88, Box 144.