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Multilateral discussions concerning Austria and the status of the draft treaty, February 8–May 1, 1955

1. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria

Washington, February 15, 1955—3:54 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/2–1555. Confidential. Drafted by Freund, Jones, and Allen of WE on February 14; cleared by Crawford, Kidd, and Beam; and signed for the Secretary of State by Merchant. Also sent to Moscow and repeated to Paris and London.

2. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, February 23, 1955—11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/2–2355. Secret. Repeated to Moscow, Paris, London, and Bonn.

3. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, February 26, 1955—noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/2–2655. Top Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow eyes only for the Ambassadors.

4. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria

Washington, March 3, 1955—6:43 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–355. Top Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Allen, cleared by Jones, and signed for the Acting Secretary of State by Freund. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.

5. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, March 4, 1955—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–455. Top Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.

6. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria

Washington, March 5, 1955—1:52 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–455. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Freund and cleared in substance with EE. Also sent to London, Paris, and Moscow.

7. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Moscow, March 5, 1955—9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–555. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London, Paris, and Vienna.

8. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, March 7, 1955—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–755. Priority; Limited Distribution. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.

9. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, March 21, 1955—7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–2155. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London, Bonn, Moscow, and Paris.

10. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, March 23, 1955—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–2355. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Bonn.

11. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Moscow, March 25, 1955—8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–1555. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, Bonn, and Vienna.

12. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, March 25, 1955

Washington, March 25, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–2555. Secret. Drafted by Freund. The source text was initialed by Merchant. A summary of this memorandum was transmitted to Vienna in telegram 2658, March 25. (Ibid.) A briefing memorandum for the conversation with Gruber, prepared by Merchant on March 25, was the basis for Secretary Dulles’ remarks. (Ibid.)

13. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, March 25, 1955—7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–2555. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and Bonn.

14. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria

Washington, March 25, 1955—6:45 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–2555. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Freund, cleared by Beam, and signed by Merchant for the Secretary of State. Also sent to London and Paris and repeated to Bonn and Moscow.

15. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, March 29, 1955—noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–2955. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Moscow, Paris, London, and Bonn.

16. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, March 30, 1955—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–3055. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.

17. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Moscow, March 31, 1955—noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–3155. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, and Vienna.

18. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Vienna, April 2, 1955—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/4–255. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Bonn.

19. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 4, 1955

Washington, April 4, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/4-455. Secret. Drafted by Allen. Four copies of this memorandum were sent to the Embassy in Vienna.

20. Editorial Note

21. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria

Washington, April 9, 1955—2:05 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/3–3155. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Freund on April 7, cleared by Beam and Barbour, and signed by Merchant for the Secretary of State. Also sent to Moscow and repeated to London and Paris.

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Austrian State Treaty; Summit and Foreign Ministers Meetings, 1955, Volume V