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In view of ahove and failure Nieto to state clearly official Spanish 1overn~ 
ment position on Polaris use of Rota as promise~ earlier, we believe Nieto backing off from oosition taken 13 November which may have resulted from Garri;:~ues influenceo Anpears G0rri~ues r.1ay have been unaware of 17 December note at tirne of Septerr(~.)er renegotiations. Therefore, he believed Polaris question still open and covered by excban~:e of notes requirin1,; Prior cor,sultation between both goverr.Lr1€nts on 2n.~{ major ch~1nge in u.s. military equipment on Spanish territory. 
If a1)ove tru.e~ it seems to \JS that nothing can be gained by an approach to Munoz Jr3nc1es that would put him on spot and also embarrAss Nieto and G~rri~;ues., If yon conc11r, recommend Chief JUSNG use first opportunity inform Munoz Grandes in routine !'lanne.r that ~favy now advertisin~ for hids on breakwater and will soon have to infom 0er soP.nel on Polaris tender of their scheduled deployment. Since these actions would make it very difficult to keep from the press.$) we would like his views on making an apDropriate statewent in near future regarding Polc1 ris basing at R.o ta. 
We feel t his ap0roach will enable us to determine where we staud on the Polaris question and put problem l")ack in Nunoz Gr~JlCe~-=C~1ief JUSMG channel where we would like to keep it i f ·0oss:i.hle. K.equest country team's views earlie-st ., 
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