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SECRET - 4 - Portugal, and Spain (and perhaps France, in granting the necessary overflight rights) -- enhanced political consultation, like current NATO/MALTA arrangements. British and German support would be a key to achieving any relationship, and we should be prepared to use all the influence which we can muster with them to achieve their consent. The main problems lie in the political opposition to Franco by the Socialist parties in the Scandinavian and Benelux countries, and the UK. Tactically, we believe that before approaching our allies, we should discuss a possible "scenario" with the Spanish so that we would have a better idea of precisely what arrangements might be of interest We expect to to them. / Foreign Minister Lopez Bravo /xixlx visit Washington on March 17 and 18, and we could discuss all of the possible Spanish-NATO arrangements with him at that time. The Spanish may relate this more to their own desire to move towards Europe and use their own new activist "European" policy-- including their rapprochement with France--to gain support from other countries for these arrangements. In any event, we should be prepared to make the strongest possible effort on behalf of a NATO-Spanish arrangement. SECRET

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