Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Foreword xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Documents
6. Romania
7. No. 1: Memorandum on Atrocities Committed by Soviet Troops, September 12, 1944 29
8. No. 2: Note on Soviet Abuses, September 13, 1944 35
9. No. 3: Romanian–Soviet Memorandum regarding Romanian Participation in the War against Germany and Hungary, September 28, 1944 39
10. No. 4: Report No. 30.001 from the Intelligence Service (SI) of the War Ministry Presented to the Minister of War, General Mihail Racovitză, on the Surveillance of the SI’s Activities and Personnel by Special Soviet Authorities, October 4, 1944 44
11. No. 5: Romanian Note to the ACC regarding the Implementation of the Armistice Agreement, November 11, 1944 47
12. No. 6: Report on the Interrogation of Intelligence Officers by SMERSH regarding Romanian Intelligence Activities on the Eastern Front, October 12, 1944 50
13. No. 7: Letter by the Deputy Chairman of the Allied Control Commission in Romania, Lieutenant-General V.P. Vinogradov, to the President of the Council of Ministers, Army Corps Adjutant General Constantin Sănătescu, regarding the Armistice Agreement, November 2, 1944 53
14. No. 8: Note by Marshal Rodion Malinovskii on the Administration of Northern Transylvania, November 20, 1944 57
15. No. 9: Order of the Allied Control Commission in Romania on Relations between the Red Army and the Romanian Authorities, November 29, 1944 58
16. No. 10: Note regarding Conduct of Police and Gendarmerie Personnel vis-à-vis Representatives of the Soviet Armed Forces, February 2, 1945 60
17. No. 11: Note by Chief of Staff Army Corps Adjutant General Constantin Sănătescu to Lieutenant-General Vinogradov regarding Disarmament of Romanian Units, March 5, 1945 63
18. No. 12: Report to L.P. Beria on the Political Situation in Romania, March 5, 1945 65
19. No. 13: Agreement of Economic Cooperation between the Kingdom of Romania and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, May 8, 1945 70
20. No. 14: Memorandum of Agreement on Economic Cooperation between the Kingdom of Romania and the USSR, May 8, 1945 75
21. No. 15: Romanian Position on the Establishment of a Joint Romanian-Soviet Timber Company, Undated [1945] 81
22. No. 16: Note by General Vinogradov to Minister of Internal Affairs Teohari Georgescu regarding the Quartering of Soviet Troops, December 6, 1945 86
23. No. 17: Meeting of the Council of Ministers regarding the Establishment of the Soviet-Romanian Forestry Company, February 14, 1946 88
24. No. 18: Report of the Meeting between Stalin and the Romanian Communist Party Leaders on the Situation in Romania, April 2–3, 1946, Moscow, April 2–3, 1946 102
25. No. 19: Transcript of Meeting of Romanian–Soviet Commission of Economic Cooperation, January 28, 1947 119
26. No. 20: Aide-memoire Drafted by British Oil Companies Operating in Romania [Excerpt], April 15, 1947 124
27. No. 21: Note regarding Soviet Claims on Formerly German- Owned Insurance Companies, April 1948 126
28. No. 22: Soviet and Romanian Speeches Delivered on the Occasion of Signing Agreements on Joint Soviet–Romanian Companies in Bucharest, November 1, 1948 128
29. No. 23: Founding the Soviet–Romanian Film Company, Sovrom Film, August 9, 1947 134
30. No. 24: Transcript of CC Romanian Workers’ Party Session regarding the Fate of Sovroms [Excerpts], March 7, 1953 138
31. Hungary
32. No. 25: Letter by the Archbishop of Szatmár to the Apostolic Nuncio on Soviet Deportations from Hungarian Territory, January 25, 1945 143
33. No. 26: Letter by the Lord Lieutenant of Szabolcs and Ung Counties to the Minister of Interior on the Roundup of Civilians, January 25, 1945 150
34. No. 27: Letter to the Foreign Ministry on Behalf of an Individual Deported by the Soviets, Undated [1945] 153
35. No. 28: Letter to the Foreign Ministry regarding the Soviet Deportation of Civilians, Undated [1945] 154
36. No. 29: Report to the Sixth Hungarian Army Headquarters on Soviet Deportations, May 24, 1945 156
37. No. 30: Note regarding Soviet Removal of United Incandescent Bulb and Electrical Company, June 22, 1945 158
38. No. 31: Memorandum by the Allied Control Commission regarding Provisions for the Red Army for the Fourth Quarter of 1945, Undated [1945] 163
39. No. 32: The Hungarian Foreign Ministry’s Note Verbale to the ACC and Georgii Pushkin, the Soviet Representative in Hungary, July 9, 1945 169
40. No. 33: Note by the Ministry of Defense Requesting Foreign Ministry Intervention on Behalf of Deported Persons, August 1, 1945 171
41. No. 34: Agreement on the Establishment of Hungarian– Soviet Bauxite-Aluminum Companies, April 8, 1946 172
42. No. 35: Report of Mátyás Rákosi at the Meeting of the HCP Central Committee, May 17, 1946 185
43. No. 36: Note by the Supreme Economic Council on Provisioning and Quartering the Soviet Army, November 19, 1946 222
44. No. 37: Memorandum on the Economic and Financial Situation of Hungary, May 17, 1947 225
45. No. 38: Memorandum on Expenses Related to the Maintenance of the Soviet Army, March 8, 1948 240
46. No. 39: Transcript of Soviet–Hungarian Negotiations regarding Payment of Services Rendered for the Soviet Occupation Forces, May 1949 242
47. No. 40: Briefing by the Main Administration of Prisoners of War and Internees of the Interior Ministry of the Soviet Union on Hungarian Prisoners of War, December 20, 1949 248
48. Austria
49. No. 41: NKVD Decree regarding Struggle against Saboteurs, Spies, and Bandits, [April 28, 1942] 251
50. No. 42: Report by M.M. Litvinov to V.M. Molotov regarding the Soviet Position on Germany and Its Allies in Europe [Excerpts], October 9, 1943 255
51. No. 43: Appeal by Austrian Prisoners of War in the USSR to the Austrian People, January 1945 260
52. No. 44: Speech by NKVD Brigadier I. Pavlov regarding Espionage Activity, March 1945 262
53. No. 45: Stavka Directive on the Publication of an Appeal to the Austrian Public, April 2, 1945 271
54. No. 46: Stavka Directive on Karl Renner, April 4, 1945 273
55. No. 47: Report by L. Beria to G. Malenkov on the Austrian Oil Industry, April 13, 1945 274
56. No. 48: Telegram by Marshal F. Tolbukhin to I.V. Stalin regarding a Temporary Government for Austria, April 15, 1945 276
57. No. 49: Telegram by Fyodor Tolbukhin to I.V. Stalin on Meeting with Karl Renner, April 21, 1945 279
58. No. 50: Operational Plan for Securing Rear of the Third Ukrainian Front by NKVD Troops [Excerpts], May 3, 1945 280
59. No. 51: NKVD Order regarding Alcohol Abuse by Red Army Personnel, May 13, 1945 282
60. No. 52: Minutes of Meeting of Soviet Military Representatives and Communist Members of the Austrian Government, May 16, 1945 284
61. No. 53: Order by the Fourth Guard Army regarding Summer Routine, May 21, 1945 291
62. No. 54: NKVD Report on the Investigation and Arrest of Austrians, June 4, 1945 293
63. No. 55: NKVD Directive regarding Ideological Training among the Third Ukrainian Front Staff, July 4, 1945 298
64. No. 56: A. Vyshinskii’s Telegram to Marshal Konev regarding Elections in Austria, November 21, 1945 300
65. No. 57: Draft Decree by the Council of Ministers on the Transfer of Austrian Assets to the Soviet Union, March 1946 301
66. No. 58: Memorandum by Kiselev on the Political Situation in Austria, June 5, 1946 306
67. No. 59: Report on the Moral Discipline of MVD Troops in Austria, October 10, 1946 318
68. No. 60: Letter from the Chief of GUPVI M. Krivenko, to the Minister of the Interior, S. Kruglov, on the Repatriation of 5,000 Austrians, January 20, 1947 326
69. No. 61: From the Personal File of an Austrian POW, February 9, 1947 328
70. No. 62: The GOSPLAN’s Report to V. Molotov on Dismantling in Austria, March 7, 1947 330
71. No. 63: Order by the Deputy Minister of the Interior, I. Serov, on the Repatriation of Austrian POWs, November 8, 1947 332
72. No. 64: Military Order by the Central Army Group Command on the Burial of Soviet Troops Killed in Action, November 13, 1947 336
73. No. 65: Report by the Military Commander of Burgenland on Family Members of Military Personnel, January 20, 1948 339
74. No. 66: Final Report by the Soviet Section of the AC on Austria for 1947—Summary, Undated [not before January 1948] 340
75. No. 67: Record of Conversation between A.A. Zhdanov and the Leader of the Communist Party of Austria, Johann Koplenig, and Friedl Fürnberg, February 13, 1948 346
76. No. 68: Report by Smirnov to A. Vyshinskii on the Soviet Position on the Austrian Treaty, Undated [after May 6, 1948] 353
77. No. 69: Resolution by the Council of Ministers of the Politburo of the CC of the VKP(b), on the Repatriation of Austrian POWs, June 23, 1948 355
78. No. 70: Report on Setting up a Christmas Tree at the Soviet Command Post in Rohrbach, January 4, 1949 358
79. No. 71: Report by V. Merkulov to I.V. Stalin on the Employment of Experts after Foreign Assignment, June 11, 1949 360
80. No. 72: Report by V. Merkulov to I.V. Stalin on the Value of Oil Deposits in Austria, September 23, 1949 362
81. No. 73: Report by A. Gromyko to I. Stalin on the Status of Negotiations on the Austrian State Treaty, October 21, 1949 363
82. No. 74: Resolution by the CC CPSU Politburo on the Interruption of Austrian State Treaty Talks, October 24, 1949 366
83. No. 75: Report by the Soviet Political Representative in Austria, A. Koptelov, on the Effect of the Marshall Plan on Austria, June 10, 1950 367
84. Index of Geographical Names 379
85. Index of Personal Names 385