Office of the Historian

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.

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

London, October 25, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received 4:15 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Austria)/10–2545: Telegram

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

Vienna, October 26, 1945—3 p.m.
[Received October 27—10:28 a.m.]

701.6361/10–2645: Telegram

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

Washington, October 26, 1945—8 p.m.

863.6363/10–1845: Telegram

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

Vienna, October 31, 1945—8 p.m.
[Received November 1—12:06 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Austria)/10–3145: Telegram

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

Washington, November 2, 1945—8 p.m.

740.00119 Control (Austria)/10–2345: Telegram

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

Vienna, November 3, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received November 3—1:20 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Austria)/11–345: Telegram

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

Washington, November 7, 1945—6 p.m.

800.515/10–2545: Telegram

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

Vienna, November 11, 1945.

740.00119 Control (Austria)/11–1145: Telegram

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

Vienna, November 12, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received November 13—1:10 p.m.]

863.00/11–1245: Telegram

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

Vienna, [12 November 1945.]
[Received November 14—12:10 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Austria)/11–1445: Telegram

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

Vienna, November 14, 1945.
[Received November 17—2:20 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Austria)/11–1445: Telegram

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

Vienna, November 14, 1945—8 p.m.
[Received 8:12 p.m.]

863.00/11–1445: Telegram

[454] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington , November 19, 1945.

863.00/11–345

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

Vienna, November 21, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received 5 p.m.]

863.00/11–2145: Telegram

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

Washington, November 21, 1945—8 p.m.

863.00/11–2145: Telegram

[457] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington , November 21, 1945.

701.6163/11–745

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

Vienna, November 24, 1945—noon.
[Received 1:53 p.m.]

740.00119 E. W./11–2445: Telegram

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

Washington, November 24, 1945.

740.00119 Control (Austria)/l 1–2445

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

Washington, November 26, 1945—8 p.m.

740.00119 Control (Austria)/11–345: Telegram

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

Vienna, November 26, 1945—8 p.m.
[Received November 27—9:47 a.m.]

740.00119 Control (Austria)/11–2645: Telegram

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

Vienna, November 27, 1945—6 p.m.
[Received November 28—9:42 a.m.]

863.00/11–2745: Telegram

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

Washington, November 27, 1945—6 p.m.

863.51/10–1645: Telegram

[464] The British Ambassador (Halifax) to the Secretary of State

Washington , November 28, 1945.

740.00119 Control (Austria)/11–2845

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

Washington, November 29, 1945—6 p.m.

840.50 UNRRA/11–2945: Telegram

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

Washington, November 29, 1945—8 p.m.

462.00R/11–2945: Telegram

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

Washington, December 4, 1945—6 p.m.

863.6363/12–445: Telegram

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

Washington, December 4, 1945—6 p.m.

863.00/11–2945: Telegram