In December 1959, the Austrian cinema newsreel reports on the political and diplomatic debates concerning the establishment of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
On 16 April 1956, the day of Austria’s accession to the Council of Europe, Leopold Figl, Austrian Foreign Minister, and Bruno Kreisky, State Secretary, attend a meeting of the organisation’s Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg for the first time.
Supporters of the yes vote are overjoyed at the announcement of the positive result of the referendum organised on 12 June 1944 in Austria regarding the accession of Austria to the European Union.
On 25 July 1946, Karl Renner, President of the Republic of Austria, acknowledges receipt of the first ten ‘Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe’ (CARE) parcels sent by the US President, Harry Truman, to the needy Austrian people.
On 27 June 1945, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sends a Directive to General Mark Clark, Commander-in-Chief of the US occupation forces in Austria, defining the tasks and the prerogatives of the Allied Council in Austria.
On 22 May 1996, the Austrian delegation sends a document to the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union setting out the general positions of Austria, as decided by the Austrian Federal Government on 26 March, in view of the Intergovernmental Conference on the revision of the Treaty on European Union.
On 1 November 1943, in the Tripartite Declaration made in Moscow, the British, Soviet and US Allies assert that ‘Austria, the first free country to fall a victim to Hitlerite aggression, shall be liberated from German domination’ and regain full and complete independence.
