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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Gruber, Karl, 1909-1995
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este, 1898-1977
Bonnet, Henri, 1888-1978
Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
January 31, 1950
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
AUSTRIA
Our Legation in Vienna has reported a discussion with
Austrian Foreign Minister Gruber during which Gruber denied
having received any offer from the USSR to negotiate a bilateral Austrian
treaty without consultation with the western powers. We have meanwhile
requested Ambassador Bruce in Paris to discuss with Gruber, now in Paris
for the OEEC talks, the rumors of the bilateral approach, stressing to
him -- should he again deny these rumors -- our opinion that any deal
with the USSR would make impossible the achievement of Austrian inde-
pendence and would be regarded by the US as extremely serious. At the
same time, we have authorized Ambassador Bruce and Embassy London to
communicate to the French and British Foreign Offices the nature of our
information on the reported bilateral offer, indicating the far-reaching
nature of the Soviet demands and their similarity with earlier demands
made on the satellite countries.
We have informed our Legation in Vienna that the French
government has proposed a conference on future western policy toward
Austria in the event no treaty is concluded. To strengthen sovereign
control in Austria, the French propose to turn over to the Austrians
many duties now performed by the occupation authorities.
THE SAAR
We have informed Acting High Commissioner Hayes in Frankfort
that the draft of the proposed French-Saar government agree-
ment, presented to us by French Ambassador Bonnet, is not as alarming as
expected and gives German Chancellor Adenauer no cause for concern. We
informed Bonnet that we consider the present French position most helpful,
and that had they taken this position at the outset, present tension
could have been avoided.
CHINA
Our Consul General in Shanghai reports that the diplomatic
corps there regards the Chinese Communist refusal to accept
the notes according it recognition as signifying the establishment of
diplomatic relations, and the refusal to accord the British and Scan-
dinavian representatives diplomatic status or facilitate their travel to
Peiping, as shocking and without precedent in modern international usage.
The foreign representatives now feel, according to our Consul General,
that the governments about to recognize the Communists should hold off
DECLASSIFILI
until the position of the "would-be recognizers" is clarified.
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982
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By DER NLT, Date 5-13-85