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DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION DSB-698 Floronco This telegram must be closoly paraphrasod be- Dated June 9, 1945 foro being comi unicated to anyono. (SIGNATURE Roc'd 5:34 p. m. Socrotary of State Washington DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 US URCENT By HLT-HC NARS Date 7.25.25 52, June 9, 10 a. m. TOP SECRET Col McCaffery, chief planning coordinator of Gen Flord's group who is a men of seasoned judgmont and who is now in Salzburg just wired me that Hildman (Dopt's 3, May 29, 8 p.- m.) upon boing rocom ondod by a group reprosonting resistance organizations was ap- pointed temporary Mayor of Salzburg on May 5. He has been a carcor civil sorvant for meny yoars and sorved as Deputy Meyor from 1919 to 1930 and a.s Mayor from 1934 to 1938. Nover has he beon a mombor of = SERVICE" the Nazi Porty and in fact was removed from offico and put in joil ct the time of the ennexation. The CIC has scrocnod and approved him twice. According to the opinion of the tom com endor of the Salzburg Stadtkrois, Hildmon is compotant reliable cooperative and has