Author: Foreign Office and Ministry of Economic Warfare. (Assoc J. G. Ward)
Title: Austria Basic Handbook. November 1944: [Confidential] Restricted. Numbered Copy 696. Part I: Geographical, Political and Social. Part II: Administration. (III)Map Section.
Description: London, Foreign Office and Ministry of Economic Warfare. Economic Advisory Branch. 1944. Foolscap folio (8.5" x 13.5" or 216 mm x 343 mm). Tied cloth-covered printed boards, containing 3 loose leaf sections within original folders. Upper board numbered (696) with 'Confidential' scored out and 'Restricted' stamped below. Publishing note bound in "Chapter VI will follow". Otherwise all is present as called for although an incorrect note of missing chapters has been bound-in. Map Section dated July 1944 consists of maps 2 - 8. (Map 1 General Map of Austria not present). Boards and leaves all in very good condition. One leaf loose but present. From the library of John G. Ward (Acting First Secretary, British Foreign Office). Contents present in this copy: Part I (no chpt VI): Chapter 1: Topography and Climate, II Country and People, III Historical Outline, IV Political Parties 1918-1934, V Religion. Part II (all present):I Constitution and Central Gov. II Regional and Local Gov. III Austrian Legal System, IV Police, V Armed Forces, VI Civil Defence and Air Raids, VII The Nazi Party, VIII Labour Organisations, IX Social Security, X Public Health, XI Education and Youth, XII Press and Propaganda, XIII Population and Territory, Annexe I Incorporated Territories, Annexe II The South Tirol. Administrative Maps: 2 Tirol-Land Vorarlberg, 3 Land Salzburg, 4 Land Kärnten, 5 Land Steiermark, 6 Land Oberösterreich, 7 Land Niederösterreich 8 Land Wien.

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