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...Molotov was threatening that if the treaties went into effect, a Big Four meeting would be useless, because there would be nothing to negotiate about. Now that the accords have been ratified,- Russia was angling for a four-power Foreign Ministers' conference in Vienna. Purpose: to approve the Raab-Molotov deal made in Moscow, which promises to end Allied occupation of Austria (TIME, April 25). The three Western powers, after consultations among themselves, replied that they would be pleased and ready to have their Foreign Ministers confer with Molotov-but only after a prior meeting at the ambassadorial level...
...Austrian Example. The U.S. wants the ambassadors at Vienna to examine obscurities (possible booby traps) in the Raab-Molotov agreement. Example: Are the Western powers expected to guarantee Austria's "neutrality," or merely her territorial integrity...
...minds, as it was meant to. Even one of Adenauer's top advisers was heard to say: "Maybe, just maybe, the Russians are so desperate to solidify their position in the Far East that they will make concessions in Europe." Editorialized the influential weekly Christ und Welt: "One Raab does not make a summer, but he might announce a change of season...
...Austria will be free," Chancellor Julius Raab triumphantly telephoned back from Moscow to Vienna. "We get back our homeland in its entirety. The war prisoners and other prisoners will see their fatherland again." The Austrian state radio burst into Strauss waltzes and victory marches. The little band of Austrians headed by Raab himself had had little reason to hope for such success when they took off for Moscow last week. For ten long years, and through close to 400 negotiating sessions, the Russians had blocked every Western move to end the occupation of the country which they had promised...
...flocked to the airport to welcome the triumphant travelers. For the first time since Hitler marched in in 1938, Austria was within sight of a time without a foreign soldier on its soil. Cheering crowds lined the 20-mile route to Vienna, crowded the square outside the chancellery. Twice, Raab had to come out and speak. Some in the crowd wept, and Chancellor Raab's voice broke with emotion. "I must thank the Lord God that we have been able to experience this hour for Austria," he said...