EUROPEAN BRIEF 168-75.4

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010070-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: October 31, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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1? SPAIN: SPAIN'S PRESSING NEED FOR AN ACTIVE HEAD OF STATE,
PLUS THk. NEAR CERTAINTY THAT FRANCO WILL NOT RECOVER, APPAkENTLY
CONVINCED PRINCE JUAN CARLOS THUUSDAY TO ACCEPT ONCE AGAIN DESIGNATION
AS TE~1PGRARY CHIEF OF STATE ?'~
PRIhfE MINISTER ARIAC AND OTHER HIGH OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTEDLY
t3EEN URGING THE PRINCE TO FOLLOW THIS COURSE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE
NEED HAS GROWN MORE ACUTE DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS BECAUSE OF' THE
DIVISI:'E STRUGGLE WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT OVER POLICY TOWARD THE
SPANISFI SAHARA ?'~
JUAN CARLOS I~AD BEEN RESISTING THE TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT
BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE TN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES IRS THE SUMMER
OF 1974, WHEN HE WAS ONLY A. FIGUfiFHEAD? HE IS CONCERNED THAT A
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