863.00/112: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Special Representative ( House )
46. The Swiss Minister, by direction of his Government, has delivered to the Department the following strictly confidential communication:8a [Page 191]
“In view of the revolution which threatens to break out at Vienna under the leadership of the extreme socialist party, the diplomatic representatives of the neutral countries at Vienna, under the presidency of the Papal Nuncio, decided to recommend to their Governments the immediate intervention with the powers of the Entente with a view to request the occupation, as a strategical point, of the city of Vienna by Entente forces, in accordance with paragraph 4 of the terms of the armistice. This measure alone could guarantee order.”
Advise Dept. of action contemplated.
- This communication was forwarded by the Swiss Government as intermediary only.↩