Participation of the United States in the operation of the Allied Commission for Austria; interest of the United States in the establishment of a government for Austria 1

1. For documentation on the establishment of an Allied control mechanism for Austria, see pp. 1 ff., and Foreign Relations, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, vol. i, pp. 347 ff. For documentation on the attitude of the Allied Powers toward the formation of the Renner provisional government in Austria, see ibid., pp. 334 ff. For documentation on the discussions of the Austrian question at the Berlin Conference, see ibid., vol. ii, p. 1604, entries in index under Austria.


[411] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Acting Secretary of State

863.01/9–1645: Telegram


[412] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Acting Secretary of State

740.00119 Council/9–1845: Telegram


[413] The United States Military Commissioner for Austria (Clark) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

740.00119 Control (Austria) /9–1845: Telegram


[414] The United States Military Commissioner for Austria (Clark) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

740.00119 Control (Austria)/9–1845: Telegram


[415] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

740.00119 Council/9–1845: Telegram


[416] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Acting Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Austria)/9–2245: Telegram


[417] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Acting Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Austria) /9–2245: Telegram


[418] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Acting Secretary of State

863.00/9–2445: Telegram


[419] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winamt)

740.00119 Council/9–2445: Telegram


[420] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Acting Secretary of State

863.6363/9–2645: Telegram


[422] The United States Military Commissioner for Austria (Clark) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

740.00119 Control (Austria)/9–2945: Telegram


[424] The United States Military Commissioner for Austria (Clark) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

740.00119 Control (Austria)/9–3045: Telegram


[425] The United States Military Commissioner in Austria (Clark) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

740.00119 Control (Austria)/10–145: Telegram


[426] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 Council/10–145: Telegram


[427] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Acting Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Austria)/10–245: Telegram


[428] The Secretary of War (Patterson) to the Secretary of State

863.24/10–545


[429] The Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt)

863.00/10–1145: Telegram


[430] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Secretary of State

863.00/10–1145: Telegram


[431] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)

800.515/10–1545: Telegram


[432] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Austria)/10–1645: Telegram


[433] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Secretary of State

Vienna Legation Files, 1945, Part 27, 848–UNRRA: Telegram


[434] The United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt) to the Secretary of State

863.6363/10–1845: Telegram


[435] Major General Alfred M. Gruenther, Deputy United States Commissioner for Austria, to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Vienna Legation Files, 1945, Part 24, 801.00: Telegram


[436] Major General Alfred M. Gruenther, Deputy United States Commissioner for Austria, to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Vienna Legation Files, 1945, Part 28, 851.5: Telegram


[437] The Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs (Erhardt)

800.4016 D. P./10–1745: Telegram


[438] The Deputy United States Military Commissioner for Austria (Gruenther) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

740.00119 Control (Austria)/10–2045: Telegram


[439] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

800.515/10–2145: Telegram


[440] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

800.515/10–2545: Telegram