troops aix; to be withdrawn from the territories of the
former enemy states, within a definite and precisely des-
ignated period.
Only in relation to Germany and Japan has the draft-
ing of peace treaties not yet been commenced. As you
know, there is sufficient reason for that. But even here,
things are not at a standstill. As to the peace treaties for
Italy, Bulgaria, Rumania, Hungary, and Finland, each of
these treaties provides that the Allied troops are to be with-
drawn from these countries within 90 days after the treaty
comes into force. Thus, the question of Allied troops on
former enemy territories is perfectly clear. Still, the Soviet
Government raised no objection to Mr. Austin's proposal,
considering that the submission of precise data on this
question may be of interest to the United Nations.
At this point, I must remark upon a certain misunder-
standing which has arisen hi connection with Mr. Connally's
statement about Austria. He declared, for some reason, that
the American troops in Austria were there with the consent
of the Austrian Government. Actually, the Allies did not
ask the consent of the Austrian Government. In fact, there
was no Austrian government at the time when the four
states—the 'United States, Great Britain, France, and the
Soviet Union—concluded their agreement to bring troops
into Austrian territory. When this agreement was conclud-
ed, definite zones were assigned for the troops of each of
the Allied states, and provision was made for inter-Allied
control over all Austrian territory, on which point there is
a special detailed agreement. Such are the facts of the
situation.
Senator Connally made another statement concerning
the state of affairs in former enemy territories.
He said: if we are to consider that the presence of
Allied troops in friendly states, leads to interference in the
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