752.5 MSP/10–553
No. 904
The Ambassador in Spain (Dunn) to the Spanish
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Martín Artajo)1
Excellency: In connection with my Government’s consideration of the economic, technical and military aid programs for Spain to be undertaken in accordance with the arrangements being made between our two countries, it has given careful study to the total commitment which it can undertake in this respect. I have now been authorized to write you regarding this matter, with particular reference to the military end-item aid provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 in Article I of the Defense Agreement.
With regard to the economic, technical and military aid for Spain envisaged by the agreements, I am authorized to inform Your Excellency that my Government intends to provide a total program in the amount of $465 million over a period of four years, subject to Congressional appropriations. This program will include the $226 million appropriated by Congress for the current fiscal year. Accordingly, the total commitment regarding military end-item [Page 1958] aid which my Government envisages with respect to the paragraphs of the Defense Agreement referred to above, is an amount to be mutually agreed within the total aid figure as stated above.
Accept, Excellency [etc.]
- Transmitted as enclosure 23 to despatch 264 from Madrid, Oct. 5. (752.5 MSP/10–553) A summary of the negotiations, dated Sept. 26, originally drafted in the Office of Western European Affairs as a progress report on the negotiations from their origin in early 1951 through the conclusion of the agreements, and intended for submission to the National Security Council, indicated that the substance of the letter was imparted to Dunn during his stay in Washington while en route from Denver to Madrid in early September. (711.56352/9–2653)↩