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The Under Secretary stated that the latter would be
impossible but that it would be feasible to provide Export-
Import Bank credit of not more than $100 million spread out
over a five-year period and that this could also be embodied
in a formal document. Mr. Aguirre de Carcer asked if this
amount would affect credits for Spanish industrial projects.
The Under Secretary stated that it would not. He added that
he had explored with the Eximbank whether credits could be
made available for educational purposes but that the bank had
indicated that it could only provide credits for U.S. exports.
The United States appreciates Spain's interest in obtaining
assistance in the educational field but available CU funds
have been severely cut in recent years. In any event this
could be explored further at a later stage and should be
divorced from the base negotiations and dealt with on its own
merits.
Mr. Aguirre de Carcer said that while it was amatter that
was different from that of the bases he had to be concerned
with the total impact on public Spanish opinion. In 1969 it was
not as advantageous to be closely linked with the greatest power
in the world as had been the case in 1953 and therefore the
Spanish Government wanted to make the total U.S. -Spanish package
as attractive as possible to the Spanish people. This was
especially important now since the press had leaked a figure
that was only one-eighth of the original Spanish request and
which covered only military hardware.
In this connection he added that Spain had benefited from
powdered milk shipments pursuant to Title II of Public Law 480
which had been distributed privately in Spain through Caritas
and which had constituted another positive element which the
Spanish people could readily see and understand.
The Under Secretary said that this program had now been
terminated for all of Europe and that it would not be possible to
start it again. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
could sell powdered milk to Spain at a very low concessional
price.
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