Austria 827



326. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in
      Austria


                                     Washington, July 5, 1960, 9:09 p.m.

     23. From Acting Secretary for Ambassador. In light developments
during Khrushchev visit (Embtels 23 and 34 and Deptel 19)1 and contin-
ued inability Austrian Govt remove obstacles to Vienna Memorandum
settlement I should appreciate your frank assessment regarding advis-
ability my trip to Vienna at this juncture.2 On one hand cancellation of
trip might be useful as clear indication to Austrians our dissatisfaction
with their failure promptly disassociate themselves from Khrushchev's
remarks and our increasing annoyance their inability definitively dis-
charge their obligations under Vienna Memorandum. On other hand
my visit might be useful in providing opportunity to Austrian public
and press to express themselves in manner contrasting markedly with
reception accorded Khrushchev. It might also be regarded as mark of
friendship for small country, majority whose people and leaders
showed no hesitation in exhibiting disapproval of Soviet Union. An-
other factor also to be considered is that Commies might be able to use
cancellation for propaganda attacks.3
    If you believe visit should go on as now planned, I should be grate-
ful for any suggestions regarding my speech to Foreign Policy Society in
light Khrushchev visit developments. It would be more convenient to
have these before departure from Washington scheduled July 9 than
having them forwarded to Geneva as previously indicated.4
                                                                  Dillon


    Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.12-DI/7-560. Secret;
Priority.
Drafted by Stabler; cleared with McBride, Kohler and Day; and approved by
Dillon.
    1 Telegram 23 from Vienna, July 3, quoted remarks made by Khrushchev
attacking
the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany on July 2 at a rally
sponsored by
the Austro-Soviet Society in Vienna. (Ibid., 033.6163/7-360) Telegram 34
from Vienna, July
5, noted that the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany had lodged
an official
protest with the Austrian Government concerning Khrushchev's attack on Adenauer
and
his country and requested instructions to lodge a similar protest. (Ibid.,
033.6163/7-560)
Telegram 19 to Vienna, July 5, transmitted the requested instructions. (Ibid.)
    2Dillon was scheduled to visit Vienna July 14-17.
    3Prior to transmission, the following paragraph was deleted from the
text of the tele-
gram at this point: "If you feel that visit should not be cancelled,
another alternative might
be to defer it and I should appreciate your views on this. If deferral should
seem desirable,
I would, of course, hope that my schedule would permit later visit."
    4Telegram 43 from Vienna, July 5, received in Washington at 4:31 p.m.,
contained
the recommendation that Dillon's speech before the Foreign Policy Society
on July 15
should touch not only on economic subjects but also on "America's world-wide
pur-
poses." (Department of State, Central Files, 110.12-DI/7-560) Although
telegram 23 was
not transmitted until 9:09 p.m., it was presumably drafted before receipt
of telegram 43
from Vienna.