Archive

Archive (TNA)
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

Spain: MT message to Manuel Fraga ("Spain/NATO: possible Prime Ministerial message to Fraga") [effort to avert conservative Opposition's abstention from referendum, which might lead to "the unfortunate precedent that Spanish withdrawal from NATO would establish"] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1976 f7
Editorial comments:

Relevant supporting documents follow the main item. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-1976.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 9pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), European elections, Conservatism, British relations with the US