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DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES OF STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION ASB-1316 Florence This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated June 16, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone. (SECRET) REC'd 11:35 p.m. Secretary of State, DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Jashington Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 BYALTHL NARS Date 7-25-75 US URGENT TOT SECRET 78, June 16, 9 a.m. (SECTION THREE) A number of facilities of Vienna and its Environs, some of which are ESSENTIAL to the occupying forces, are distributed geographically in such a way as to prevent their distribution into zones. Other facilities Exist which are too f EW in number to permit a physical distribution. Among these categories may be mentionEd the Danube docks, certain railroad stations serving areas to the WEST and south, radio and cable terminals, sport grounds, bathing beaches, first class hotels, rifle ranges, training areas and air fields. Some of these are ESSENTIAL to the Economic life of the community as a whole. If these facilities are to be confined to the Exclusive U.E E of one or two occupying forces it would require the wisdom of Solomon to divide the total facilities Equitably among all the occupy ing powers AND