Ka cika wannan jumla: Bayan yaƙin, Vienna ta kasance wani ɓangare na Soviet da ke gabashin Ostiryia har zuwa Satumba 1945. Kamar yadda yake a Berlin, Vienna a watan Satumbar 1945 an raba shi zuwa bangarori ta hanyar iko huɗu: Amurka, Burtaniya, Faransa, da Tarayyar Soviet kuma Hukumar Allied ta sa ido. Halin ikon ikon hudu na Vienna ya bambanta da na Berlin a cikin wani muhimmin al'amari: tsakiyar yankin birnin, wanda aka sani da gundumar farko, ya zama "yankin kasa da kasa" wanda iko huɗu ya canza iko a kowane wata. Ikon da iko huɗu ke sarrafawa a kan "a zahiri" yau da kullun, sanannen "sojoji huɗu a cikin jeep" hanya. Ƙungiyar
Harin Berlin na 1948 ya haifar da damuwar Yammacin Turai cewa Soviets na iya maimaita harin a Vienna. An tayar da batun a Majalisar Dokokin Burtaniya ta MP Anthony Nutting, wanda ya tambaya: "Wace shiri Gwamnati ke da shi don magance irin wannan yanayin a Vienna? Vienna tana daidai da matsayin Berlin. "