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American Directive on the Military Government of Austria (27 June 1945)
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Text
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| Source |
American Directive on the Military Government of Austria (27 June 1945), in The Department of State Bulletin. Vol. XIII, 1945, pp. 661-673.
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| Keywords |
Austria, occupation of Austria, Second World War
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| Copyright |
United States of America Government Printing Office
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| Caption |
On 27 June 1945, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sends a Directive to General Mark Clark, Commander-in-Chief of the US occupation forces in Austria, defining the tasks and the prerogatives of the Allied Council in Austria.
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| Location in the digital library |
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1950–1956 The formation of the community of Europe >> Relations between the two blocs >> The agreement on Austrian neutrality
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| Document extract |
American Directive on the Military Government of Austria (27 June 1945)
1. The Purpose and Scope of this Directive:
(a) This directive is issued to you as Commanding General of the United States forces of occupation in Austria. As such you will serve as United States member of the Allied Council of the Allied Commission for Austria and will also be responsible for the administration of military government in the zone or zones assigned to the United States for purposes of occupation and administration. It outlines the basic policies which will guide you in those two capacities after the termination of the combined command in Austria. Supplemental directives will be issued to you by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as may be required. (b) As a member of the Allied Council you will urge the adoption by the other occupying powers of the principles and policies set forth in this directive and, pending Allied Council agreement, you will follow them in your zone. It is anticipated that substantially similar directives will be issued to the Commanders in Chief of the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and French forces of occupation. (c) In the event that recognition is given by the four governments to a provisional national government of Austria, such government should be delegated (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Departure of Soviet troops (1955)
Changing of the guard of the Allied military police (1945)
Karl Renner, Theodor Körner, Adolf Schärf and Leopold Figl (Vienna, 27 April 1945)
Divided Austria (1945–1955)
Austria occupied by the Allies (1947)
Poster depicting the International Patrol in Vienna (1946)
Departure of US troops (1955)
Cartoon by Ironimus on Austria, member of EFTA (13 May 1977)
Cartoon by Ironimus on the issue of Austria’s accession to the European Communities (2 July 1970)
List of the members of the Austrian Delegation to the negotiations with the EEC (30 January–3 February 1967)
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