The Vienna Ambassadorial Conference and the signing of the State Treaty, May 2–15, 1955


42. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–255. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Bonn. Telegrams from the delegation are numbered in sequence with telegrams from the Embassy in Vienna.


43. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–355. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to Paris, Moscow, London, Bonn, and Rome.


44. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/4–3055. Secret; Priority. Signed by Secretary Dulles and repeated to Paris, London, Frankfurt for OFC, Geneva for U.S. Delegation at ICM, Moscow, and Bonn.


45. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–455. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Bonn, and pouched to Rome. Transmitted in two sections.


46. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–555. Secret.


47. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–555. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, Bonn, and Rome.


48. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–555. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Bonn.


49. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–555. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.


50. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–555. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.


51. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Austria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–655. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.


52. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–655. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Moscow, Paris, London, and Bonn, and pouched to Rome.


53. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–655. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Moscow, Paris, and Bonn.


54. Telegram From the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–755. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Moscow, and Vienna.

The Foreign Ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France were at Paris for the North Atlantic Council Ministerial meeting, May 9–11; for documentation, see vol. iv, pp. 6 ff. After a briefing by Thompson at a luncheon at 1 p.m., Secretary Dulles met with Macmillan and Pinay late in the afternoon to discuss a variety of topics. The message transmitted in this telegram was a product of that meeting. Other than a daily agenda for his stay in Paris, no further records on the discussions on Austria on May 7 have been found in Department of State files. The agenda is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627, CF 445.


55. Notes of the Delegation to the North Atlantic Council Staff Meeting, Paris, May 8, 1955, 11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627, CF 445. Drafted by Beam; the meeting took place at the American Ambassador’s Residence.


56. Telegram From the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/5–955. Secret; Niact; Priority. Sent also to Vienna and repeated to Moscow and London.


57. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–855. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Washington, London, and Vienna. The source text is the copy sent to Washington.


58. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–955. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Bonn, and Washington. The source text is the copy sent to Washington.


59. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–955. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.


60. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1055. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London and Washington. The source text is the copy sent to Washington.


61. Telegram From the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/5–1055. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London and Washington. The source text is the copy sent to Washington. According to another copy of this message, it was drafted by Merchant and approved by Secretary Dulles. (Ibid., Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627, CF 448)


62. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1055. Secret. Repeated to London, Moscow, and Washington. The source text is the copy sent to Washington.


63. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1055. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to Paris, London, Moscow, Bonn, and Rome.


64. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1055. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, Bonn, and Rome.


65. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1255. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London, Moscow, Washington and pouched to Rome and Bonn. The source text is the copy sent to Washington.


66. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1155. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Moscow, and Washington. The source text is the copy sent to Washington.


67. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1255. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London, Bonn, and Washington. The source text is the copy sent to Washington.


68. Telegram From the Department of State to the Secretary of State, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 663.001/5–1255. Secret; Niact.


69. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1255. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Moscow and Washington. The source text is the copy sent to Washington.


70. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627, CF 447. Top Secret; No Distribution.


71. Telegram From the Delegation at the Vienna Ambassadorial Conference to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–VI/5–1255. Confidential; Priority. Sent also to Paris.