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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY council
33549
SECRET
URGENT ACTION
October 12, 1971
MEMORANDUM Stow FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM:
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Marshall Wright
Im
SUBJECT:
Spanish Opposition to U.S. Oceans Policy/Straits Proposal
Spanish Foreign Minister Lopez Bravo has become a major barrier to the
success of our Law of the Sea policy. He has been both active and effective
in opposing our proposal for free passage through international straits.
Without international agreement to such free passage, the broadening of
territorial waters to 12 miles will very seriously endanger the mobility
of our strategic forces.
Ambassador Hill returned from Spain for a meeting chaired by Alex Johnson
on this problem last week. Deputy Secretary Packard, Admiral Moorer,
Admiral Zumwalt, and Alex Johnson are all agreed that it is time to move
hard with Spain on this issue. Hill believes that General Franco and Vice
President Carrero Blanco will be much more sympathetic to our position
than Lopez Bravo has proved to be. To enlist Franco's aid, we need a
Presidential communication. To underline further the importance we attach
to the issue, it is proposed to have the letter delivered by Vice President
Agnew when he stops in Spain on October 22 on his way back from Iran.
(Agnew made a very good impression on Franco in his last visit to Spain.)
Attached is a memo to the President which explains the issue, asks the
President to sign a letter to General Franco, and an instruction to Vice
President Agnew to deliver the letter.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you initial the memo to the President at Tab A.
SECRET
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