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OCR Page 1 of 6DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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STAFF MESSAGE CENTER
INCOMING CLEAR MESSAGE
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From:
COMGENUSFA Vienna Austria
To: Dept of The Army for CSCAD Reports and Analysis Branch
pass to State from PAACA/K
Nr.:
PC18337
9 February 1949
USACA semi-monthly flash report number 22. 31 January
1949. Quadripartite Affairs. Reference our cable PC 1818:
to Joint Chief's of Staff dated 28 January 1949.
Political. Election scheduled for October. The
Socialist Party has agreed to raise no objection to the Peoples
Party proposal to hold the Austrian Parliamentary Elections in
October, although socialist speakers have indicated that they
would profer elections in the spring.
Hungary suspends frontier traffic. The Hungarian
government informed the Austrian government that the issue of
normal border crossing permits for persons living on or near
the Austro-Hungarian frontier has been discontinued.
Austrian government refuses to submit to radio censor-
ship. The Austrian cabinet has resolved that in the future,
members of the Austrian government will not submit any speeches
which they propose to deliver over the radio for precensorship
by one of the occupying powers. It was further resolved to
address a new protest against Allied censorship to the Allied
Council.
Economics-Finance. Railroads. Due to abnormally
warm weather during the latter part of January, it was
possible to increase production of hydro-electric power in
the federal railroads hydro-electric plants. This made it
possible to use electric traction for all traffic over electri.
fied lines (including the recently electrified line between
aregenz and St Margarethen).
Hi ghway transport. The Austrian Post, telephone and
telegraph management has placed orders for 204 new buses with
the following Austrian automotive manufacturers: steyr,
MC IN 59843
(15 Feb 49)
UNCLASSIFIED
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1947-0-759854
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