Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

the OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIFIED WASHINGTON State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 November 2, 1951 By PEB NLT, Date 9-6-85 R E SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS UNITED KINGDOM An official of the Western Department of the Foreign Office has given Embassy London the following forecast of the probable British attitude toward Spain under the new government. The Foreign Secretary desires to preserve the theory of continuity in British foreign policy without any abrupt change. In outlining foreign policy to the House of Lords on November 7 Lord Salisbury will probably say that Britain desires to preserve "correcitand friendly relations with Spain" and hopes that these will be reciprocal. Mr. Eden will not himself raise the subject of Spain with the Secretary or M. Schuman in Paris. The Foreign Office expects a gradual aboli- tion of restrictions affecting Spain which grew out of the ideological thinking of the Labor Government, such as the prohibition of naval visits and the embargo on the export of Vickers products and Rolls Royce air - plane engines. However, no change is expected in British opposition to Spanish membership in NATO or to the US furnishing military aid to Spain. SUEZ The British Cabinet has given the Britishmili- tary in the Canal Zone the authority to arrest and detain any Egyptians against whom terrorist acts in the Zone can be definitely proved. The authority also permits them to arrest and expel from the Zone any known agitators who are endeavoring to prevent Egypt- ian labor from reaching British camps. They have been cautioned, how- ever, to use this authority with the greatest discretion. The latest labor figures indicate that the Egyptian labor force is down to about 10, ,000. The British are speeding up recruitment of labor from Cyprus, Maritius, Malta and East Africa. The British Middle East Office headquarters in Cairo is now being moved to Fayid, and the British Embassy believes this will help exercise a restraining influence on the British military. How- - ever, as of yesterday, the restrictions on fuel oil shipments through the Canal Zone to Egypt were still being tightened. The Egyptian Ambassador to London, Amr Pasha, left Cairo unexpectedly for London yesterday under personal instructions SECRET