TALDIANE
PHER/CAT A
F F60 2011SZ
CONFIDENTIAL
1973
(MS)
TO IMPIEDIATE MADRID TELNO 247 OF 30 JULY LIFO PRIORITY GIBRALTAR (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR) UKHIS NEW YORK.
YOUR TELS NOS 316, 320 AND 334 AND YOUR LETTER OF 26 JULY TO
A 00001SON: COODI SON,
SPANISH HOTE TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ABOUT GIBRALTAR.
1. UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION PLEASE ASK FOR A MEETING WITH SR. LOPEZ RODO. SOON QUOTE TO DISCUSS THE SPANISH REPRESENTATIVE'S RECENT NOT TO MR WALDHEIM UNQUOTE.
2. WHEN YOU SEE HIM YOU SHOULD SAY THAT THE NOTE HANDED TO DR WALDHEIM ON 16 JULY (OF WHICH DR WALDHET HAS NOW GIVEN US THE TEXT) STATES THAT QUOTE THE SPANICH GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO INTERRUPT THE CONVERSATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN, UNQUOTE BUT TWO DAYS LATER ADMIRAL CARRERO BLANCO, IN AN ADDRESS TO THE CORTES, SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS UP TO THE BRITISH SIDE QUOTE TO INTRODUCE SOME NEW ELEMENT INTO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PROBLEM WHICH WOULD PERMIT NEGOTIATION. UNQUOTE GIVEN THE APPAREET CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THESE TWO STATEMENTS. ONE OF WHICH SPEAKS OF A DECISION TO INTERRUPT THE CONVERSATIONS, WHILE THE OTHER CALLS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW ELEMENT· INTO THE TALKS MITCH HAVE BEEN TAK HIG PLACE IN ORDER TO PERMIT HEGOTIATIONS, IT IS POT CLEAR TO US WHAT COURSE OF EVENTS THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT AD ROW EXPECTING. SR LOPEZ RODO WILL REMEBER THAT IN HIS TALK WITH ME AT HELSINKI HE HIMSELF INVITED ME TO LET HIM HAVE COUNTERPROPOSALS IN REPLY TO THE EARLIER SPANISH PROPOSALS. HE DID NOT MENTION TO ME ANY INTENTION ON HIS PART TO REVENT TO POLEMICS IN THE UNITED NATIONS, STILL LESS AMY INTENTIO.. TO INTERRUPT OUR TALKS,
3. AS CA LOPEZ RODO WILL KNOW FROM HIS OFFICIALS, I UNDERTOOK TO EXAMINE A NUMBER OF MATTERS. WHICH GR LOPEZ BRAVO AND 1 DISCUSSED IN MAY IN RELATION TO POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS OF OUR DIFFICULTIES OVER GIBRALTAR AND TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AGAIN IN DUE COURSE. I ALSO SAID THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE SOME COMMENTS ON THE SPANISH PROPOSALS, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD PROVED UNACCEPTABLE IN GIBRALTAR (AN OFFER WHICH I REPEATED IN HELSINKI).
CONTIDEMITAT,
A.