Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, Central and Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union, Volume IV

Editorial Note

On December 15, Under Secretary Webb prepared the second progress report on NSC 38/6, “Future Courses of U.S. Action with Respect to Austria”, for James S. Lay, Jr., the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council. In this report Webb outlined the developments with respect to Austria since the first progress report in August, noting the meetings of the Deputies for Austria, the change to civilian High Commissioners, the acceptance of the tripartite military report by the United States, the support of the Federal Government during the Soviet-supported disturbances, and the precautions taken to preserve order in the first bezirk of Vienna. A copy of the report, not printed, is in file 763.00/12–1550.