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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
ACTION
SECRET/LIMDIS
January 3, 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
Henry A. Kissinger H
SUBJECT: Negotiations on Spanish Bases
The Spanish base issue is again becoming an urgent
matter. You will recall that the agreement providing
for U.S. facilities and rights in Spain will expire in
September 1970 and that efforts to arrive at an agree-
ment last spring were abortive. Therefore, negotiations
for an agreement providing for the status of U.S.
military presence in Spain in the 70s must begin soon.
At the moment, we still have no agreed-upon negotiating
position and decisions will have to be taken very soon
on the type of military relationship we need and want
with Spain for the 70s. We will also need an assess-
ment of which facilities in Spain are required in the
light of a realistic judgment of our ability to offer
an acceptable quid pro quo.
Last year, it became evident that the future of our
bases in Spain is a highly charged issue, both within
the bureaucracy and on the Hill. There are elements
both within State and the Congress who will do their
utmost to terminate our presence there. This attitude
has surfaced most recently with respect to the timing
of our formal negotiations with the Spanish. Our
Ambassador to Spain and the Deputy Commander of our
Forces in Europe strongly support the initiation of
negotiations very soon, while State is inclined to
begin them later. Both Ambassador Hill and General
Burchinal believe that the Spanish are eager to
conclude an agreement soon and that we should make
every effort to do so before the Symington Subcommittee
hearings consider the Spanish issue with all the hoopla
that will ensue. State, on the other hand, feels that
the effects of the Symington Subcommittee hearings will
be bad regardless of when the negotiations occur. All
seem to agree, however, that the negotiations should
be conducted in Madrid.
SECRET/LIMDIS
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