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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 /wixlxlx 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.
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