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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUGUST 24, 1950
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I am today sending to the Senate of the United States the
nomination of Mr. Walter J. Donnelly of Vashington, D. C., to be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the U.S.A. to
Austria and concurrently U.S. High Commissioner for Austria.
The designation of Mr. Donnelly is based on the decision
of the three Western Foreign Ministers at their London meeting on
May 18, 1950 "to proceed at an early date to appoint civilian high
commissioners in Austria in accordance with the provisions of
Article 9 of the Control Agreement of June 28, 1946."
The Governments of the United Kingdom and France have
previously announced the appointments of Sir Harold Caccia and
M. Jean Payard, respectively.
The three Western powers have taken this step because
in the absence of an Austrian treaty -- blocked by the Soviet Union --
they are determined to carry out such measures as may properly be
taken to strengthen within the framework of existing quadripartite
agreement the authority of the Austrian Government and to lighten
the burden of occupation on Austria to the greatest possible extent.
Ambassador Donnelly is a career diplomat who has had a
long and distinguished record of service in Canada and Latin America.
He was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Rio de Janeiro
Conference in 1947 and the Bogota Conference in 1948, and for the
past four years he has served brilliantly as United States
Ambassador to Venezuela. I have selected Mr. Donnelly for this
new and challenging assignment because of his long and outstanding
record of public service and achievement.
As Minister he will be accredited to the Austrian Govern-
ment and as High Commissioner he will represent the U.S. in the
Allied Commission for Austria. He will succeed John G. Erhardt,
now Ambassador to the Union of South Africa, as Minister to Austria,
and Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, who will retire in October, as High
Commissioner. The U. S. occupation forces in Austria will be
commanded by Maj. Gen. Leroy Irwin.
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At his press conference today, in announcing the appointment
of Mr. Donnelly, the President said:
"I should like to welcome several Austrian journalists
who are visiting in this country and who have been invited
to attend this press conference. I hope that they are having
an enjoyable stay here in America, and I am happy to be able to
make en announcement that concerns their country."