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INCOMING TELEGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS
TELEGRAPH BRANCH
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Recid February 1, 1950
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13:40 p.m.
GER
FROM: Paris
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TO:
DOR
Secretary of State
NO:
500, February 1, 8 p.m.
SENT DEPARTMENT 500, REPEATED LONDON 164, VIENNA 16;
DEPARTMENT PASS MOSCOW 33.
EYES ONLY FOR THE SECRETARY FROM THE AMBASSADOR AND BOHLEN:
EYES ONLY FOR THE AMBASSADORS LONDON, VIENNA, MOSCOW.
We had lunch alone with Gruber today and took up with him
the points outlined in Department's 403 of January 30.
After considerable preliminary conversation on the statua
of the treaty negotiations in London and his estimate of
the Soviet intentions in this respect which will be dis-
cussed in subsequent part of this cable, we told Gruber
that there was concern in Washington at the persistent
rumors from a variety of sources and: places that the Soviet
Covernment had made an approach to the Austrian Government
for bilateral negotiations on some of the principal points
in the Austrian treaty that these reports had been so
persistent that we wished to take advantage of this luncheon
in order to ask him if he could tell us frankly whether
there was any foundation whatsoever to these reports
Gruber categorically and repeatedly denied that there had
been any Soviet approach. He stated that he had so in-
formed Erhardt last Sunday and had shown him in confirma -
tion thereof the text of Bicchof's reports to the Austrian
Foreign Office on any conversations which he had recently
held with Soviet officials. He implied that Erhardt had
been convinced by these cables that there was nothing in
these reports. He said not only was there no truth in
these reports, but should in the future the Russians attempt
any such maneuver he would immediately consult with the
three Western Powers and repeatedly stated that the
Austrian Government could not contemplate any arrangement
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