MULTILATERAL-AUSTRIA-JULY 9, 1945 Agreement between the United States of America and other governments respecting zones of occupation in Austria and the administration of the City of Vienna. Signed at London July 9, 1945; entered into force July 24, 1945. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH RE- PUBLIC ON ZONES OF OCCUPATION IN AUSTRIA AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY OF VIENNA. 1. The Governments of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Provisional Government of the French Republic have agreed that the territory of Austria within her frontiers as they were on 31st December, 1937, will be occupied by armed forces of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom and the French Republic. 2. For the purposes of occupation, Austria will be divided as follows into four zones, one of which will be allotted to each of the four Powers, and a special Vienna area which will be jointly occupied by armed forces of the four Powers: North-Eastern (Soviet) Zone (as shown on the annexed map "A") North-Western (United States) Zone (as shown on the annexed map Western (French) Zone (as shown on the an- nexed map "A") July 9, 1945 [T. I. A. S. 1600] Occupation of Aus- tria. Zones of occupation. The province of Lower Austria with the exception of the City of Vienna, that part of the province of Upper Austria situated on the left bank of the Danube, and the province of Burgenland which existed prior to the Decree of 1st October, 1938, ['] con- cerning boundary changes in Austria, will be occupied by armed forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The province of Salzburg and that part of the province of Upper Austria situated on the right bank of the Danube will be occupied by armed forces of the United States. The provinces of Tirol and Vorarlberg will be occupied by armed forces of the French Republic. [ "Gesetz tUber Gebietsveranderungen im Lande Osterreich. Vom 1. Oktober 1938." Translation: "The Law concerning territorial changes in Austria since October 1, 1938." Reichsgesetzblatt, Part 1, pp. 1333 ff. (1938).] 2679 61 STAT.]
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