' '· ()etJarlr1tent· of Sta{·_ <===· 1. . 86 '•. ~H~1Bl®~W . tfq Action ._ .. ,~~~·zczc· DN5'"2 ,...... ·" L I 0 ~ / ?? RUEHC RUEHCR RUDIHS RUQMGU • : '',i.' ? EUR DUQ~,~.:1T RUQMGU •, . "'l ":; ,·;, Info DE RUFKDN 006LL 202150 ,·. 1 .. ZNY CCCCC ··. . ("\ ,.. ,... : 1;·· 1 ·.... 1 r SS ? G202150Z JAN 66 ---···· ·· .,; . . . ~-..c., :v i(J rfuAMEl:i3ASS': JiADr")J]) ·r-· .-.. --... . G ~fO-RURC;~7s·r-csTi~TE 1.:.7ASHDC ~~65 e SP 19~6 JAN 2.0 PM 7 ~ r~ l NF-0 RUQL·i GU/A~·1Er·IBASS'.' AN1\AJ{;s ZI~ '.. SAH IZV{V·~ AT I 1\M EriBASSY ATP.ENS 1 1 L RUFMOL/A~:M3ASSY BONN 28 H RUFHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 15 NEA RUFHOL/ :\>E1·:3~.SSY COPE!-iHAGEN FIVE RU!HPA/;;:.:~~·l3ASSY LISSON 33 p RUFH~N/A~ENBASSY LONDON 5G USIA RUrHDL/ !;::Si·:2~SSY LUI'~ Ei·lBOURG T\JO NSC R: -D/ AME:·i3ASSY OSLO THREE INR RU£HCR/;,ViL·13ASSY OTT AUA SEVEN RU~H?A/AM£MSASSY PARIS 87 CIA r~UD!ESIAME)i~ASSY REYKJAVIK TWO NSA fiU?HRC/AMEM8ASSY . ROME 57 DOD RU~HOL!AME~BASSY THE HAGUE 11 '·. •.I ~ STATE GR~C I RSR BT c Q N E I Q E N I I QsL JANAURY 20 PARIS FOR EMBA.SSY AND USRO 1.. FONr·1It\ CALLED IN At·~S EVENING J~.N 2z .. S~(RESSIN2 .Q·G~~Zr\T· SZ:=tIGUSNESS 0 WITH UHICH GOS REGARDED THIRD COUNT~'! .:.c::o~~s ~ITH RSGARD GIBRALTAR 9 HE DELIVERED NOTE; STATING XZ VAS LIKEWISE CALLING IN .AMBASSADORS OTHER NP.TC COUNTRIZS 3E3ZN4~!NG WITH PROTUGAL. NOTE, AFTER BREIFLY REHEARSING GOS E77C~7S TO NEGOTIATE WITH UK ON GIBRALTAR 9 MAKES FO!..LO\:JING TUO l1AIN POINTS: , .... . . ~. . ... ~ .' PAGE TWO RUFHDN 006LL C0t)ji 1 QElll!AL a ) \, .. ·: A. SPAIN DOES NOT RPT NO! CONSIDER GIBRALTAR AS NATO BASE AND WILL NOT CONSSENT TO USE ANY SPAtJiSH FACILITY B'f HE~BERS OF NATO, AND HENCEFORTH HAS FULL RESERVATIONS ABOUT ANY ACTION OF NATO WHICH CAN SE INTERPRETED AS SU??ORT TO GIBRALTAR. .. DECLASSIFIED E.O I? (\ 3.6 NLJ C> I -,;i 71 By, • l-3-o3 -. . ----·----··--·· ---. . ·---..,.------------------~~~!-~"--~~ ~---­ ,..,,· \ ........,,~·~· ... >~·~:--·.. -... ..-1,.\1..,,..,, ....... -,,, ...... '•~' ~,... ....... ,. •• .,p........... --. • .. ... . . ·-·· ........ -.. . , ... ~· .......... !-'VT'•;--...... "r&_/' 1 1 ~ ' ~· \ :' ' '\ .; '• .,' I '• t • • " r ,1 • f • r.' _\' ' .. • ,• '• • ,._ .. ·>1-_ .. \)•,.}' -~ .. . .·. ..... . •.• ,\ .. ~ I 1 •I '•.­ 0 · -2-865, January 20, FROM MADRID 3. SPAIN HOPES FOR us UNDERSTANDING, AND WOULD THANK -us NOT ., MAKE USE OF CERTAIN RIGHTS GRANTED BY 1953 AND 1963 ­ . AGRE EM ENTS WHICH ARE TODAY CLEARLY CONTRARY TO SPANISH INTERESTS IN CONNECTION WI1H GIBRALTAR PROBLEM. CCOMMtNT: NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR TO EMBASSY .WHAT GOS DRIVING AT SPECIFICALLY IN THIS STATEMENT.) 2. FONMIN ALSO HANDED AMBASSADOR · )· . . A. MEMO LISTING CBY DATE AND HOUR> TWENTY-SIX USAF -AND USN PLANES WHICH LANDED AT GIBRALTAR BETWEEN DEC 9 AND JAN8. HE SAID ORALLY PLANES CAME . FROM JOINT BASE AT ROTA 1AND DESCRIBED THEIR LANDING AT GIBRALTAR AS ~AN UNFREINDLY ACT"~ ­ B. MEMO STATING DUTCH EMBASSY MADRID HAD ASKED JAN 10 FOR .· . FU!URZ PERMISSION AT PALMA DE MALLORCA FOR A DUTCH NAVY PLANE GOING TO GIBRALTAR ON FEB 11 -.AND ANOTHER COMMING FROM .. GIBRALTAR FEB 18, AND · ALSO REQUESTED ON JAN · t8 PERMISSION FOR TWO DUTCH AIR FORCE OFFICERS, ALLEGEDLY INVITED BY US TO PAGE THREE RUFHDN 006LL co~. 1sgu11AE ATT EN D TRAINING COURSE WITH 32ND FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON, · TO LAND IN SPAI~. NEMO STATES FO~J~F TURNED DOWN BOTH DUTCH REQUESTS ON GROUNDS SPANISH-US BILATERAL AGREEMENTS DO NOT ·. ' I~?OSE ANY OBLIGATION ON SPAIN TOWARD THIRD COUNTRIES ALLIED TO us9 AS NETHERLANDS AND OTHERS ARE IN NATO FRAMEWORK. (COMMENT: EMBASSY HAD INFORMED FONOFF JAN 8 IN REPLY TO TELEPHONE QUERY THAT DECISION AS TO WEIHER GOS AUTHORIZED DUTCH AIR FORCE OFFICERS TO LAND AT TORREJON WAS· ENTIRELY THEI2S TO MAKE ~S THEY SAW FIT. FONOFF SAID IT WAS REFUSING REQU EST 9 \~HICH _\!JE UNDERSTOOD AT TIME .WAS MADE IN THE HAGUE, NOT MADRID. ) 3. ATMOS?HERE DURING MEETING WAS VERY SERIOUS AND DELIBERATE · ON FONMINS PART. HE ~AS VERY DEFINITE AND EXPLICIT ABOUT NOT PERMITTING ' ANY "NATO ACTIVITY" .AT ANY BASE ·oN SPANISH 1 SOIL. 4. TRANSLATIONS OF DOCUMENTS AND EMBASSY ~OMMENTS FOLLOW BY AIRGRAM. . . ~ G?-3 DUKE .: '· . ,. .' . . > • .. -'· ... • . . . j ''. .• I • .