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III. SPANISH ATTITUDE TOWARD USE OF BASES FOR
OPERATIONS IN MIDDLE EAST
While the use of Lajes base in the Azores made
it possible to carry out satisfactorily the aerial
resupply of Israel during the October 1973 war, it
would have been less costly and more effective to
have had full use of the bases in Spain. Neverthe-
less, our force presence at Spanish bases and functions
conducted from facilities in Spain, i.e., refueling,
Sixth Fleet support, communications, logistics support,
surveillance, and intelligence collection, contributed
immeasurably to the pursuit of U.S. objectives in the
Middle East. In this regard, our agreement with Spain
is explicit with respect to the facilities to be made
available to us, but not with respect to their use.
The only reference to the use of the bases is in
Article 34, which mentions their use "in the case of
external threat or attack against the security of the
West." In his testimony before the Senate Foreign
Relations on the agreement on August 1970, Under
Secretary Johnson conceded that we would not be able
to use the bases in connection with an Arab-Israeli
war without consulting the Spanish Government.
At the outset of the war (on October 8) the
Spanish Government issued a public statement that
"the Agreement of Friendship and Cooperation between
Spain and the U.S. of August 6, 1970 refers solely
to cases of threat or external attack against the
security of the West" and that "therefore, there is
no entitlement by U.S. forces to use the facilities
granted in Spanish bases in a local conflict such as
that of the Arabs and Israel." Privately, the Spanish
Government informed us of its opposition to the use
of the bases in Spain in connection with the conflict
and sought assurances from us that they would not be
SO used.
SECRET
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
DECL
ASSIFIED
This
document bas been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and bas been determined to be dessified
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