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white House INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State TELEGRAPH BRANCH 6-1-X SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION Action Control: 489 Rec' d: July 1, 1952 SS FROM: Vienna 4:57 p.m. Info G TO: Secretary of State EUR SAM NO: 8, July 1, 7 p.m. P I DEPARTMENT PASS RIO: SENT DEPARTMENT 8, RIO 2 (FOR SECRETARY DCR DCRM ACHES ON). PASS PRESIDENT TRUMAN. Secretary's visit was an outstanding success. Austrian Government exceeded even traditional Viennese hospitality in program which was designed primarily to honor United States Secretary of State but which resulted also in series of personal tributes to Secretary and Mrs. Acheson. Al- though for security reasons no local itinerary was given out in advance thousands of Austrians residing in the Soviet Zone gathered at railroad stations along the route to greet the Secretary. This without precedent in Vienna postwar period, and is further evidence of the strong pro-United States sentiment in Sovet Zone. Secretary and Mrs. Acheson greeted at Tulln by Foreign Minister and Mrs. Gruber who accompanied them on train to Vienna. Chancellor Figl, Vice Chancellor Schaerf and other Government officials joined by thousands of Austrians, extended a warm welcome to Secretary and party upon arrival in city. Although a large part of population had taken advantage of beautiful day to visit Vienna woods and sur- rounding localities, other thousands lined streets from railway station to Embassy residence where Secretary and Mrs. Acheson stayed during their visit. Much heralded Communist hate demonstration against Secretary failed completely to materialize due no (repeat no ) doubt to recognition that public sentiment was predominately favorable to Secretary's visit. Although Secretary made number of pub- lic appearances and toured city there was no (repeat no) single hostile demonstration toward him . Morning June 30 s DECLASSIFIED FSP SERVICE" RECORDS AND E.O. 12354 Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 19793-6 to SECRET DECURITY INFORMATION By NLT HC NARS, Date p REPRODUCTION FROM THI COPY, IF CLASSIFIED, I: PROHIBITED