663.001/12–1550: Telegram
The United States Delegation for Austria at the Council of Foreign Ministers to the Acting Secretary of State
3481. Delau 491. 258th meeting Austrian deputies varied little from previous meeting except Zarubin refrained from polemic and contented himself with brief reiteration charges West violating Italian [Page 473] treaty with respect to Trieste.1 He then asked for assurances similar situation would not develop in Austria if treaty were to be concluded. He was unsuccessful, however, in his attempts to draw out discussion on this extraneous issue. He again offered to start discussion unagreed articles beginning with Soviet proposed addition to Article 9 and in latter connection intimated that Soviet would be prepared to drop suggested addition in return for quadripartite investigation Fascist activities all zones with view to submitting report of findings to AC. West deputies avoided discussion of any specific article.
UK deputy proposed next meeting be held mid-March or earlier provided any deputy had anything new to add. Proposal was agreed to by US and French deputies, while Zarubin indicated he would yield to wishes of majority in matter.
Sent Department 3481, repeated information Vienna 94, Moscow 122, Paris 1175, Frankfort 643 for Reber.
- At the 258th meeting Etienne M. R. de Crouy-Chanel, Minister-Counselor of the French Embassy in the United Kingdom, replaced Berthelot as the French Deputy for Austria. The United States Delegation minutes of this meeting are in CFM Files, Lot M–88, Box 117, USDel Mins.↩