No. 905
Editorial Note
In October 1953, a Tripartite Working Group was formed in order to prepare position papers on topics which could come under discussion in the proposed talks with the Soviets at Lugano. The United States Delegation, led by Douglas MacArthur, II, and including Theodore Achilles, Coburn Kidd, Ridgway B. Knight, Jacques Reinstein, Rebecca Wellington, and Charles Yost, met at the French Foreign Ministry from October 21 through November 2. The Working Group met again in Paris from December 16 through 21 to continue and complete its work in preparation for the four-power conference rescheduled for Berlin in January 1954. Most of the discussion in Paris concerned Germany, although one subcommittee was formed to deal with Austrian affairs. For documentation concerning this Working Group, see Documents 312 ff.
For the recommendations concerning Austria, see the summary of the Final Report by the Tripartite Working Group provided in a memorandum by Leon W. Fuller, dated January 5, 1954, Document 320.