ROUNDUP OF OPINIONS REGARDING AMERICAN AID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400500002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Spain
SUBJECT Roundup of Opinions Regarding ? nerican Aid
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DATE DISTR.. 23 Nov- 1951
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^ 1. The optimism in official circles regarding the scope of American aid to Spain
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reported a drop in the optimism formerly noted in official
circles. He learned fror,, a member of an advisory board attached to the
Finance ,''inietry that official. circles had come to the conclusion that the
Americans ,,ould not be as easy to manage as at first had been thought.
&)ILI to and unconditional financial support. Official circles repo
what the U. S. attitude had changed since the Ottawa Conference.
stated in early October that no matter what agreement might be reached between
the U.S. to seek an agreement viith Spain,, They looked upon a reported refusal
by the Chief of State to consent to the use of Spanish troojs abroad as a
maneuver to secure the inclusion of Spain in the rttlantic ?act through
American pressure.
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Spanish civilians and U.S. representatives, the "Lieutenant Generals" would
never c-.nsent to any arr ngement which violated the s,,irit of 18 July 1936.
Specifically, he referred to an alleged fuuericun suggestion that the Spanish
government consent to the revival of certain of the old political parties.
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noting that the U.S.-Spanish negotiations had
been subject to a series of advances and set-backs, felt that FR-ANCO would
extract every .:possible advantage from the military necessities which had led
felt that the agreement
to rearm Germany had shifted the emphasis away from Spain, and that the
Americans had come to realize that it would be poor policy to count on Spain
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