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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060070-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: January 12, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
1. Soviet attitude disturbs Austrian leaders --According to
US Legation Vienna, Austrian Foreign Minister Gruber
has indicated that he has scant hope for early agreement
on the Austrian treaty primarily because of the increas-
ingly unfriendly interviews he and the Austrian Premier
have had with Soviet Deputy High Commissioner Zheltovo
In support of his fears of renewed Soviet pressure on
the Austrian people, Gruber points too. (a) the revival of
lawlessness in the Soviet Zone; (b) Soviet propaganda
about n.eo-Nazism and war criminals; and (c) Soviet un-
friendliness to Austrian officials. Gruber expresses the
xope that the London treaty negotiations will not completely
bog down and says that the Austrian Government will avoid
any display of impatience that would aid Soviet moves to
frighten the Austrian people,
(CIA Comment: CIA believes that the present
Soviet actions in Austria reflect the Kremlin's desire to
delay conclusion of an Austrian treaty.)
State Dept. review completed
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