Telegram from Lewis Douglas to Secretary of State George Marshall

INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS TELEGRAPH BRANCH 1 0 DECLASSIFIED AIIL Action. EUR E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Info: Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 as IR By NLT, HC : NARS Date 4-22-75 Control 1304 UE C Rec'd December 4, 1947 AA 3:17 p.m. AS LE OFD FROM: London TRC DIE TO: Secretary of State DCR LOG NO: NIACT 6326, December 4, 7 p.m. URGENT DELSEC 1521 FOR THE PRESIDENT, VANDENBERG, CONNALLY, EATON, BLOOM AND LOVETT Ninth CFM meeting, December 4, Pevin presiding, discussed the Austrian treaty Marshall pointed out that the US, UX and France had reached sub- stantial agreement on a definition of German assets in Austria which are transferable to the USSR under the Potsdam Agreement. He noted that the USSR did not agree with the other three powers on this definition and asked Molotov several ques- tions in an attempt to find out what the Soviet Union wanted from Austris He stressed the necessi ty of solving the Germaan assets question now in order that the conclusion of an Austrian treaty would not be. further delayed Bidault pointed out that France had made every effort to conciliate the USSR on this question but that' it would go no further. Bevin intimated that Molotov was not dealing with the German assets problem on its merits but was using it to achieve other ends He said he could not understand why the treaty was being held up, thus n ocessitating the retention of occupation troops in a liberated country He pressed Molotov to state specifically the Soviet claims against S. CONTINUAL SERVICET JUNIY INFORMATION COPY Proservation Copy