Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 1994. [Vol. 2.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 22)
STUDIES - Tamás Magyarics: The (Re) creation of the Relations between the US and the Successor States in Central Europe after the First World War
the policies to be pursued in the area. The following short case-studies are supposed to show the lack of comprehensive plans and the Americans' almost exclusive reliance on economic means to achieve their —rather limited —goals in Central Europe. AUSTRIA Despite the expressed indifference by the State Department toward Austria, 3 the U.S. could not ignore the events taking place in the greatly diminished country. Though the successor states were politically independent from Austria, the country remained the key to the area in numerous fields. A number of banks, firms, companies, etc. had their headquarters in Vienna and foreign capital —mostly German —also tended to prefer indirect contacts with the different parts of the former AustroHungarian Monarchy. After the First World War, the American capital followed this pattern partly because it took hold of positions owned formerly by German capital. The formal post-war American —Austrian relations were established by a treaty signed on August 24, 1921. Articles I. and II made Austria acknowledge "all the rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations or advantages" specified in the Joint Resolution of the Congress of the U.S. on July 2, 1921, including "all the rights and advantages stipulated for the benefit of the U.S. in the Treaty of St Germain-en-Laye" in spite of the fact that the U.S. had not ratified that Treaty. 4 In addition to it, the U.S. included in the treaty with Austria that the country would not "be bound by any action taken by the League of Nations or by the Council or by the Assembly thereof, unless the U.S. shall expressly give its assent to such action." 5 3 (Secretary of State) Colby in a dispatch on November 26, 1920: "... Neither Austria nor the European powers should count on assistance from this Government in solving Austria's difficulties...", Papers Relating to the Foreign Affairs of the U.S. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1935) Vol. 1, 293, 863/48/173: Telegram. 4 Treaty of August 24, 1921, Article 1. Papers, 1921, Vol 1, 276. 5 Ibid., Article II. 79