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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
SECRET/NODIS
February 20, 1970
National Security Decision Memorandum 43
TO:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
SUBJECT:
US Policy Toward Spain: Base Negotiations
With reference to the Memorandum of January 26 to the Chairman, NSC
Review Group, and the memoranda to the President from the Secretary
of State (January 27), the Secretary of Defense (January 30), and the
Director of the Bureau of the Budget (February 2), the President has
decided, with respect to the negotiations with the Spanish, that:
1. We should seek to retain as many of the present and desired
military rights and facilities as are possible within the limits of a sustain-
able quid pro quo; negotiations to this end should not be protracted.
2. Prompt agreement should be reached within the Government on
a quid pro quo which can be offered in the negotiations, sustained over the
term of the agreement, and which will avoid an impasse with Congress;
similarly, prompt agreement should be reached on priorities to be accorded
to each facility, taking into account military requirements, duplication or
relocation costs and political sensitivities. Priorities should be agreed
through the DPRC in the context of five-year force and budget projections,
and the quid pro quo should be agreed through the Under Secretaries
Committee.
3. With the aim of seeking continued good relations with the
Government of Spain through the 1970's, a course of action should be devel-
oped with respect to concluding a general treaty of cooperation, and to
renewed efforts to develop a Spanish link with NATO.
A.
Henry A. Kissinger
CC: The Director of Central Intelligence
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
SECRET/NODIS
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