STAFF NOTES: WESTERN EUROPE (Classified) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 17, 1975
• Content Type: REPORT

We~'te~r`n Europe ~,Inte~r~;n~atio~naL~~.Q.rga~nzato~ns ~ ~ ~ ~ ' No. 0~1" 14-75,
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WESTERN EUROPE --- INTERN,'1TIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
This Nub!icati~n is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Western Europe Division, Office of Current Intellig~ nr:e, with
~~ccasional contributions from ocher offices within the Dirrclorate of
h~telliycnco. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
Backstage Moves in Spain to Urge Franco's
Resignation Reported
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Evacuation of Tr~rkish Cypriots Causes
Anti-British Demonstrations
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Personnel Problems at the CCD
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Backstage Moves in Spain to Urge I'ranc~'s
Resignation Rc~orted """
Reports are ema:~ating from Madrid that Prince
Juan Carlos, Fzaneo's chosen successor as chief
of state, is considering the possibility of asking
the old man to step down. Discussion of the subject
may stem more fY?om talks among free-wheeling aides
about possible action than from actual instructions
from Juan Carlos to institute such talks in his name.
The prince is cautious by nature and should be aware
of the risks involved in e:tploring the subject.
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informed an aide to the Spanish
Ambassador to Zondon, Manuel r'raga Iribarne, that the
prince would like Fraga, during his visit to Sp~,~ n
next week, to sound out several senior Spanish
officers on whether they would support Juan Carlos
were he to begin to apply pressure on Franco to
step down.
The source also said that the Prince wishes
to discuss discreetly with Fraga plans t~ appoint
him prime minister once Juan Carlos assumes power.
Since this information ~:omes from a Fraga aide, it
appears self-servinct. r~'raga is an ambitious,
politically moderate, former minister of informai,i!~n,
who supports some liberalization of the present
regime. He is considering forming a political
association under terms of the new decree making
such associations legal.
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in Madrid agree that
this ype o conversation among aides could be
going on. But they doubt that Juan Carlos is
committed to the plan, that senior military
officers would lend their support to a move to
replace Franco now, and that Juan Carlos would want
to replace Prime Minister Arias.
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in Madrid have heard an even
more sense Iona report that Juan Carlos has con-
firmed that he is talking with Franco's family about
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resignation, and that the talks are doad.locked over,
terms of financial protection and amncsL-y to be
accorded the fa;nily when Franco resigns. 'i'bis reporl?.
:aid Juan Carlos would keep Arias as prime minister.
Negotiations between Juan Carlos and Franco's family
at this point would apx>ear unlikely in light of
the family's opposition to Juan Carlos' temporary
assumption of power during Franco's illness last
summer.
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- Arias himself said that 4 of the 12 regional
m~.litary commanders in Spain had told him separately
that they thought Franco should retire. This does
not mean, however, that they would go so far as to
urge him to retire.
These reports may stem from political activity
following the issua.rice of the decree lava permitting
the forma :ion of political associations. The reports
may also reflect the disappointment in some circles
over Franco's resumption of the powers of chief of
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Evacuation of Turkish Cypriots Causes
Anti-British Demonstrations
The situation in the British sovereign base area
in southern Cyprus deteriorated on Friday as British
officials prepared for i-he evacuation to Turkey on
Saturday of Turkish Cypriot refugees. Tensions are
running high, and there is a potential for large scale
violence.
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of about 500 Greek Cypriot demonstrators clashed with 25X1X
British security personnel at the edge of the base
early on Friday, the result being injuries on both
sides and the death of at least one Greek Cypriot.
Some of the demonstratcrs succeeded in breaking
through the base's outer perimeter.
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Earlier, reported that a group
of Greek Cypriots had cut the main road separating the
Turkish Cypriot refugees in the western part of the
ba,e from the evacuation airfield in the southeast.
Anti-British demonstrations held Thursday and Friday
in all major Greek Cypriot towns were orderly, but
two British properties in Limassol were bombed and
several vehicles were bur.~ned. More demonstrations
are plunried for this weekc:~d.
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Personnel Problems at the CCD
L~roblems are developing over UN secretary
General Waldheim's choice of his representative
to the Conference of the Committee on Disa:c?mament
(CCD). An earl.ter informal agreement among the
major concerned countries to replace Waldhe~.m's
present representative--who is retiring--with
another T'innish national is in danger of unravel-
ing under pressure from India to nominate its own
candidate for the post. The Soviets have now
indicated that they will "agree" to the Indian
appointment.
The 31-nation disarmament comm.tttee meets
under the co-chairmanship of the U3 and USSR and,
while assoc::~ated with the UN system, is not
subordinate to any UN organ. The: Secretary General
has, however, with the concurrence of the co-
chairmen, traditionGlly been permitted to send a
representative to attend the ~~encva meetings.
While this special status for the Secretary
General's representative has served to inaintaiti
a UN-CCD dialogue on dl5arlilametlt matters , .tt has
also embodied the commitment of the co-chairmen to
upho:l.d the indepondence of the disarmament com-
mittee vis-a-vis the General Assembly and the
5ecratary General.
The irony of the appointment of ~ ~. .Indian
national to this relatively prominent international
disarmament position will not be lost on other
members of the CCD. India used last year's
sessions of the CCD to det~ond its nuclear explosion
of May as a "peaceful" one, and Now Delhi. is un-
likely to alter its policy now to take acr.ount r.f
the concerns of the major powers about nuclear
proliferation. (Confidential)
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