Editorial Note
On November 8, the Department of State instructed the Legation in Austria to request the Austrian Government to accept the elevation in rank of Walter J. Donnelly from Minister to Ambassador. The Austrian Government accepted this proposal on the following day and the Department officially announced the change on November 12. A law authorizing the representatives of the four occupying powers to be elevated in rank to Ambassadors was approved by the Allied Council on November 23 and the credentials of the various diplomats were exchanged during the following weeks. The notice concerning this change appeared in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1951, page 833.