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Spain: Carrington minute to MT ("Spain/NATO") ["in the aftermath of the attempted coup d'etat, Sr Calvo Sotelo's government [intends] to accelerate the application for Spanish membership of NATO... might be possible to settle the Gibraltar impasse at the same time"] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1976 f227
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 6pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), Parliament, Foreign Secretary’s minutes, British relations with the US