No. 448
Editorial Note
According to the United States Delegation Order of the Day (USDEL(OD)17, February 10, CFM files, lot M 88, box 168) the morning of February 10 was filled with various meetings to discuss Austria. The delegation met at 9:30 a.m., but no record of this meeting has been found in Department of State files. At the same time the Austrian Experts met at British headquarters to discuss the tripartite position on Austria, and following this meeting they discussed their position with members of the unofficial Austrian Delegation at 10 a.m. A memorandum of these two meetings, which dealt largely with the form of Austrian participation in the conference and amendments to the proposed speech by Foreign Minister Figl, is in Conference files, lot 60 D 627, CF 203. At 10:30 the Tripartite [Page 1012] Working Group met at British headquarters. The discussion was concerned with the tactics for the fourteenth plenary, the date for the next restricted session, Austria (a review of the two meetings on Austria earlier in the day), participation by Austrian officials at receptions and dinners, visits by the three Foreign Ministers with Chancellor Adenauer, and a report on war criminals. The record of this meeting, BER MIN–16, is in Conference files, lot 60 D 627, CF 192. At noon the three Foreign Ministers met to review the substance of the morning’s meetings. A memorandum of their conversation and their subsequent meeting with Foreign Minister Figl at 12:30 p.m. is printed infra.