740.00119 EW/7-2545
The Secretary of the Soviet Delegation to the Assistant Secretary of State
Berlin, July 25, 1945
[Translation]
Dear Mr. Dunn: Under instructions of Peoples’ Commissar of Foreign Affairs, V. M. Molotov, I enclose herewith an aide-mémoire** on the question of the non-application of the unconditional surrender regime toward German troops in Norway.
I would appreciate it if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter.
Sincerely yours,
K NOVIKOV
[Babelsberg,] July 25, 1945
[Enclosure — Translation]
Aide-Mémoire
The Soviet Government has received information that with relation to German troops on Norwegian territory, the unconditional surrender regime provided for in the military capitulation of Germany, signed in Berlin on May 8, 1945 is not being applied in full. It is stated that the German troops located in the region between the cities of Mo and Trondheim, amounting to 260,000 men, and in the region of Tromsö, 140,000 men, are holding on to their arms and military “technique” (this probably means light military equipment). The personnel of these troops have not been interned and they have full freedom of movement. The Soviet Government considers it necessary to draw to the attention of the Government of the United States of America and the British Government this information, since the Supreme Allied Control with respect to the surrendered troops on Norwegian territory is effected by the Allied Command.
740.00119 Control (Germany)/7-2545
The Secretary of the Soviet Delegation to the Assistant Secretary of State
Berlin, July 25, 1945
[Translation]
Dear Mr. Dunn: Under instructions of Peoples’ Commissar of Foreign Affairs, V. M. Molotov, I enclose herewith an Aide-Mémoire concerning the activities, which is unfriendly to the Soviet Union, in British, American and French Zones of occupation in Austria and Germany on the part of white-immigrants and other persons and organizations hostile to the USSR.
I would appreciate it, Mr. Dunn, if you would confirm the receipt of this letter.
Sincerely yours,
K NOVIKOV
[Babelsberg,] July 25, 1945
[Enclosure — Translation]
Aide-Mémoire
The Administration on the Repatriation of Soviet citizens has received information that in the British, American and French zones of occupation in Germany and also in the British and American zones in Austria, activities, having as their purpose to prevent the return to their homeland of Soviet citizens, are being carried on by white-immigrants and other persons and organizations hostile to the USSR.
On Austrian territory such activities are being carried on in areas occupied by the troops of the 8th British and 5th American Armies. It is stated that in the city of Salzburg under the official name “Engineering-Technical Firm of Karyakin” a committee is actually working and is carrying on this activity directed by a Russian immigrant, Colonel Bobrovi. In the suburbs of Salzburg a committee headed by Slipchenko and Mishshenko is working on the non-return of Ukrainians to their homeland. In the region of Klagenfurt agents of the former Vlasov Corps under the command of Colonel Rogozhin are in action. The general leadership in Austria of the hostile activities vis-à-vis the USSR is a “center” in which the well-known white-immigrants, General Kreiter, Engineer Voskresentsev, Ivanov and Lavrov, have entered.
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The Soviet Government considers it necessary to draw to the attention of the Government of the United States of America and of the British Government the above-mentioned facts.