Allied-occupied Austria on 8 May. Until the end of July 1945 none of the Western allies had first-hand intelligence from Eastern Austria (likewise, Renner's cabinet knew practically nothing about conditions in the West). On 9 July 1945 the Allies agreed on the borders of their occupation zones. Vorarlberg and North Tyrol were assigned to the French Zone; Salzburg and Upper Austria south of the Danube to the American Zone; East Tyrol, Carinthia and Styria to the British Zone; and Burgenland, Lower Austria, and the Mühlviertel area of Upper Austria, north of the Danube, to the Soviet Zone. The French and American zones
Burgenland Croats the Croatian language was introduced as an official in 6 out of 7 districts of Burgenland. Newspapers of the Burgenland Croats are: "Crikveni glasnik" (Church Gazett), 1946; "Naše selo" (Our village), 1947; "Naš tjednik" (Our weekly), 1947; "Naša domovina" (Our homeland), 1952; "Glas" (Voice), 1957; "Novi glas" (New Voice), 1969; "Put" (Way), 1981). The beginnings of literacy are linked to: Klimpuški misal (Klimpuški Missal) (1501), S. Consul Histrianus and Anton Dalmatin's Postila (Fasting) (1568), Duševne pesne (Spiritual songs) (1609), and Grgur Mekinić Pythiraeus's Druge knjige duševnih pesan (Other books of the Spiritual songs) (1611). By the mid-19th century, Burgenland Croatian