207. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Bremer) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)1
SUBJECT
- Morocco, En Route Access Agreement
The Agreement which the Secretary signed yesterday is substantially the same as the draft which we forwarded to you last week.2 The final text of the exchange of notes and annex is at Tab 1.3
The Agreement provides for rent-free access to Moroccan airfields in emergencies and for training. It is a six year agreement that will only expire if one party abrogates it with two years notice, after it has been in effect for four years.
The King of Morocco wrote the President concerning the agreement. His letter, which Foreign Minister Boucetta handed to the Secretary yesterday, is at Tab 2.4 The purpose of the letter is to allow King Hassan [less than 1 line not declassified] that he has a [2 lines not declassified]. We interpret the phrase [less than 1 line not declassified] in the King’s letter to be a vague enough formulation to permit Hassan to define [less than 1 line not declassified] as the circumstances demand, but it certainly will include the [less than 1 line not declassified] with which Hassan identifies. Hassan made a point of telling the Secretary that it would not, for example, [less than 1 line not declassified].
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We are considering whether the King’s letter requires a response and will make a recommendation to you next week.5
Executive Secretary
- Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents: Not for the System Documents 1979–1989, Evening Reading 1980–1989, Personal Sensitive 1979–1989: Lot 92D630, Not for the System—May 1982. Secret. Stamped notations at the top of the memorandum read: “White House Situation Room” and “82 May 31.”↩
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- No recommendation was found.↩