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Austria's Foreign Minister Leopold Figl had gone out of his way to say that Austrian independence was "particularly due to American help." When Molotov arrived from Warsaw (see above), all grinny with benevolence, Figl greeted him at the airport with a good-natured but double-edged reference to Austria's ten years of occupation. "Now you come as a real liberator," Figl told Molotov...
...Austrians' earnest request the Big Four agreed to eliminate a war-guilt clause written into the treaty. Then, after the signing, Figl led the four foreign ministers onto the balcony of Belvedere Palace. A cheering crowd went wild when the Austrian waved a copy of the treaty over his head. Molotov, Dulles, Macmillan and Pinay clasped hands together and solemnly held them aloft. That gesture, too, brought down the house...
...feted, and the bonhomie spilled over in all directions. At a reception given by Molotov, U.S. Ambassador Charles Bohlen offered a toast to the speedy restoration of Austria's independence; Molotov declared it a good toast, and drank. So did Premier Nikolai Bulganin. Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold Figl boldly proposed one "to the end of the occupation of Austria-ten years is long enough." Without blinking an eye, the Russians drank to that one, too. The Austrians reported fully on every step to the ambassadors of the Western Big Three. Raab has long been willing to concede more...
...After 374 discussions over seven years, "every conceivable nook and cranny," as Dulles pointed out. had been explored. All that remained to be done was to reach agreement on five disputed articles. Chancellor Julius Raab was willing and even eager to pledge Austria's neutrality. Foreign Minister Leopold Figl was sent to Berlin prepared to accept the heavy price demanded by the Russians for Austria's freedom-payment of $150 million for German war assets captured by the Russians, Russian rights to exploit 60% of Austrian oil production. "We have a problem of completely manageable magnitude," said Dulles...
...means the intention," he recanted, "of accusing political persons of the People's Party . . . of uncertain or unpatriotic attitudes." But it was too late. The party made Gruber resign the Foreign Ministry, which he has held since war's end. His probable successor: former Chancellor Figl, Austria's most beloved politician...