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What is the Spanish Government position with respect to
the bases?
On this question, too, there is a basic difference of
opinion. The Defense Department takes the position that there
is no controversy with respect to the bases within Spain and
that the new Spanish Government formed in October is eager to
conclude an agreement with us, although admittedly it will
seek a substantial quid pro quo. If this optimistic assumption
is correct, the negotiations should have relatively smooth sailing
subject only to our capability to produce an adequate quid pro quo.
State is considerably less optimistic about the attitude of
the Spanish Government (except for the Spanish military). When
the Defense Agreement was signed in 1953, unquestionably the
then Spanish Government was avid for the agreement, and set upon
it a very high value. In 1953 Spain was isolated politically and
on the brink of economic disaster. The base agreement with the
United States rescued Spain from its penniless and friendless
condition. Today Spain in increasingly prosperous and inter-
nationally accepted, including membership on the Security Council
of the United Nations. The bases have become something of an
embarrassment, since the presence of foreign soldiers in Spain
without the accompanying satisfaction of NATO membership or a
treaty with the U.S. makes Spain appear as a satellite of the
United States and decreases the flexibility and independence in
foreign affairs to which Spain aspires. The principal Spanish
foreign policy objective remains the quest for respectability
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