U.S. Relations with Austria 1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. VII, Part 2, pp. 1717 ff.


2. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Radford) to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/6–355. Top Secret.


3. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Austria

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/6–855. Secret. Drafted by Allen on June 6; cleared in substance with Secretary Dulles, Beam, Wolf, and the Department of Defense; and signed for Dulles by Merchant. Also sent to London and repeated to Paris for USRO, Moscow, and Bonn.


4. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (George)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/6–Drafted by Freund on June 8.


5. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 763.5/6–2855. Secret.


6. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Austria

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 763.5/6–2855. Secret. Drafted by Compton and Freund on July 8; cleared in draft with ICA, OSD, L/GER, S/MSA, and RA; approved by Merchant; and signed by Barbour for Dulles. Pouched to Paris and London.


7. Memorandum of a Conversation, Vienna, July 16, 1955

Source: Department of State, Austrian-Italian Desk Files: Lot 58 D 72, Military Installation Turnover, 405. Secret. Drafted by Penfield.


9. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, September 23, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 763.00/9–2355. Secret. Drafted by Allen.


10. Telegram From the Commander, United States Forces in Austria (Arnold) to the Department of Defense

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 763.5–MSP/9–2755. Secret; Priority. Also sent to the Department of State. The source text is the Department of State copy.


11. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, December 6, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.0021/11–1455. Confidential. Drafted by Freund on December 7.


13. Report Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 60 D 661, Austrian Documents. Top Secret. The cover sheet and a financial annex are not printed. An attached memorandum, dated January 26, by the OCB Secretariat Staff reported that the OCB revised and concurred in this report for transmittal to the NSC. The NSC noted the report and directed that the NSC Planning Board prepare a revised statement of policy toward Austria.


14. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Austria

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 763.00/12–2955. Secret; Limit Distribution; No Outside Agencies. Drafted by Compton and Freund of WE on December 28 and signed for Dulles by Merchant.


15. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 763.00/12–3155. Secret; Limit Distribution.


16. Memorandum of Discussion at the 273d Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, January 18, 1956

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on January 19.


18. Instruction From the Department of State to the Embassy in Italy

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 765.022/3–2256. Confidential. Drafted by Freund on March 19 and signed by Jones for Dulles. Repeated to Vienna.


19. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 60 D 661, Austrian Documents. Top Secret. A cover sheet; a March 23 memorandum by James S. Lay, Jr., transmitting the Report to the Council for consideration; an April 7 memorandum by Lay informing the Council that the President had approved NSC 5603 on that day; an eight-page NSC Staff Study; a financial appendix; and a table of contents are not printed.


20. Letter From the Officer in Charge of Western European Affairs (Jones) to the Ambassador in Austria (Thompson)

Source: Department of State, Austrian-Italian Desk Files: Lot 59 D 253, 211 Guarantee Question. Secret; Official–Informal.


21. Memorandum of Discussion at the 281st Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, April 5, 1956

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on April 6.


22. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.65/10–1056. Secret. Repeated to Rome.


23. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Vienna Embassy Files: Lot 63 F 61, 361.2, Mikoyan 1956–1958. Confidential; Routine. Drafted by Thompson.


24. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.0221/11–256. Secret. Repeated to Moscow, London, and Paris.


26. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 763.00/11–956. Secret. Repeated to Moscow.


27. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 763.5–MSP/11–1056. Secret.


28. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.0021/11–956. Secret. Repeated to Moscow.


29. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Austria

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.63/11–2056. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow.