ABSTRACT
Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber was in a state of deep depression after news of the Paris decision came through. He seemed to think that the Americans and the British had let him down. British representative William Mack tried to encourage him, but without much success. On 5 September 1946, Gruber and De Gasperi signed the accord that has gone down in history as the Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement, or Paris Agreement or Treaty of Paris. This agreement was amplified and supplemented by an exchange of letters that same day between De Gasperi and Gruber. The Committee went on to say: Austria's stance is by no means to be interpreted as a renunciation of our state's inalienable rights to South Tyrol. The Committee gives expression to the resolute hope that a changed international situation will in the future make it possible for the South Tyroleans themselves to determine their state affiliation.
