ZUM4832868: Apr. 04, 1953 - Last weekend - there was a festivity of the” Free Austrian Youth” on Stalin Place before the Soviet monument in Vienna at the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the liberation by the Soviet Army and the end of the fighting in Vienna. After laying down a wreath the Soviet High Commissioner, Lieutenant General Swiridow, held a speech in which he declared that the Soviet Union would do everything to defend world peace as Stalin had proposed in his last will. There would be no question Swirfidow said (our picture) which could not be peacefully solved. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4882476: Sep. 29, 1953 - This afternoon the Chancellor of Austria Julius Raab, was received by Mr. Georges Bidault, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France. After the meetings: Mr. Georges Bidault, surrounded by Mr. Raab (left) and by Mr. Karl Gruber, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Austria (right) / Bridgeman Images