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    "ocrText": "SECRET\n- 7 -\nwas to deal with day-to-day operations and jurisdictional matters.\nThere was already a clearly specified composition of members,\nwhich in the case of the U.S. was headed by the Chief of JUSMG.\nThis Committee was not geared to high level strategic talks and\ntherefore, he said, it was not as useful as Spain would like it\nto be.\nThe Under Secretary stated that he wanted to be very clear\nabout one point and that was that during the course of the present\ntalks the U.S. Government could not agree to anything that could\nbe interpreted by the Congress as an additional commitment to\nSpain beyond those already contained in the 1963 Joint Declaration.\nHe said that in recent conversations between the U.S. and its\nNATO allies there had been nothing but flat rejections with regard\nto any type of association between Spain and NATO even at the\nlowest level. He stated that the existing Joint Committee need\nnot confine itself to its present membership and that high level\nofficials of both governments could take part in its deliberations.\nArticle V of the terms of reference of the present Joint Defense\nCommittee provides for meetings of high level officials, although\nat the time when it was signed, it was contemplated that these\nwould be non-military personnel. He said he felt that amending\nthe terms of reference of the existing Committee could accomplish\nwhat the Spanish delegation had in mind and would cause fewer\nproblems with the Congress than an entirely new committee were\nset up. The U.S. side of that committee need not be headed by\nthe Chief of JUSMG and its membership could be made as vague as\npossible which would then permit the inclusion of officers at\nthe CINCEUR or Chiefs of Staff level.\nMr. Aguirre de Carcer replied that he believed this could\nbe accomplished by an exchange of notes and that it might be\npossible to have different levels within the committee, or a\ncommittee and a sub-committee.\nThe Under Secretary agreed and suggested that membership on\nthe committee be left open. He repeated that he would face\nstrong Congressional pressure and have difficulty in answering\ntheir questions as to why another committee was needed. Therefore,\nhe said, we could amend the existing terms of reference to read,\nfor example, \"the designee of the U.S. Government.' Mr. Aguirre\nSECRET\nof\nNLN 04-69/8"
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