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    "ocrText": "SECRET - NODIS\n- 4 -\nThe President stated that this was extremely important,\nespecially in view of the current Middle East crisis. It\nwas important that the Arabs should not feel that the\nRussians were their only friends. In view of the very\ndelicate situation it was important for them to feel that\nSpain was a loyal friend.\nThe President then asked the Foreign Minister about\nSpain's relations with Latin America. The Foreign Minister\nsaid that Spain's relations there were fantastically good.\nSecretary Rusk had told the Foreign Minister on five, ten,\nor maybe twenty different occasions that relations between\nSpain and Latin America had made incredibly good progress.\nThe Latin American countries support Spain as a block and\nthis support never fails. The Argentine Foreign Minister\nwould soon visit Madrid and all the other Latin American\ncountries constantly want to improve their contacts with\nSpain. Trade between Colombia and Spain and between Peru\nand Bolivia and Spain has also improved very much. The\nForeign Minister reminded the President that he had once\nserved as Spanish Ambassador to Peru. He added that Spain\ncan count on at least 40 votes on any issue in the UN thanks\nto the support of the Arab, Latin American, and most African\ncountries. As a result of this support, Spain was recently\nelected to the Security Council by 110 votes. Many of\nthese countries constantly ask Spain for guidance and advice\nand often ask Spain how to vote on certain issues, which is\nindeed a great honor for Spain.\nThe Foreign Minister stated that he wanted to clarify\na very important matter. He had very great respect for\nSecretary Rusk and considered him a true friend whom he had\ninvited to visit Spain with Mrs. Rusk some time in the\nspring of 1969. The Foreign Minister had been under the\nimpression that Secretary Rusk would have preferred to com-\nplete the current negotiations during his term in office.\nThe Foreign Minister said he had heard some reports indica-\nting that Secretary Rusk had expressed the concern that\nSpain might embark on a policy of isolation and the Foreign\nMinister now wished to state very clearly that Spain had no\nintention of becoming isolationist. There were many wit-\nnesses in the President's office today who knew that the\nForeign Minister had always worked earnestly to improve\nrelations between Spain and the U.S.\nSECRET NODIS\n[p. 5 of 10]\nNLN 04-69/9"
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