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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060045-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: September 9, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
1. Gruber reviews Austrian treaty situation--US Minister
Erhardt in Vienna has been informed by Austrian Foreign
Minister Gruber that a bluntly worded note will be delivered
to the Soviet Foreign Office, insisting on the resumption of
the Austro-Soviet financial talks (which have been delaying
the treaty negotiations in London). Gruber reiterated the
hope that the Western deputies in London would reach agree-
ment, with the Soviet deputy on all issues other than financial
settlement for the USSR in Austria so that blame for failure
to conclude a treaty would be placed squarely on the USSR,
The Austrian Foreign Minister added that strong words from
the Austrians and the Western Powers might have a "restrain-
ing influence" upon the USSR in its plans for Austria and ex-
pressed'the fear that prolonged Soviet occupation might lead
to communization of eastern Austria and to eventual parti-
tion of the country. Erhardt comments that Gruber would
like to arouse similar apprehensions among the Western
Powers as a means of ensuring a determined effort to obtain
an agreement on a treaty.
State Dept. review completed
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