The Cold War's Effect On Austria

After WWII ended, Austria's ally, Germany, had to accept and unconditional surrender and was taken over by the allied powers. This obviously had negative effects on Austria because their strongest ally had been destroyed. Soon after WWII had subsided, Russia (under Stalin) began to spread communism onto its eastern bordering/neighboring countries. After the fall of countries such as Poland, Eastern Germany, Czechoslovakia, etc. to Communism, Austria (as one of these close/bordering countries) must have been weary of being taken over. Stalin, in an effort to spread communism by any costs, could have made Austria communist in two ways. One was to take over Austria by force and make them submit to communism or they could have brought/left people there to teach and spread communism in a peaceful manner. When this did not work, Austria ended becoming a "Nonallied Western Country."