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Trudeau was not Washington's only important foreign visitor last week. Spain also had a touchy topic: the renegotiation of the lease giving the U.S. one naval and three airbases in Spain since 1953. As the expiration date approached, Foreign Minister Fernando Maria Castiella y Maiz flew to Washington to meet President Nixon and State Department officials. They hacked out an "agreement in principle" to hold the lease open while talk continues. The airbases are no longer essential, but Rota is an important base for Polaris submarines. Bargaining broke down with Spain wanting $700 million in military...
Unexpected Opposition. Since both the Vatican and Franco favored the bill, it was expected to sail through. Its author, Foreign Minister Fernando Maria Castiella y Maiz, 59, introduced it to his fellow ministers at a regular Cabinet meeting presided over by Franco. Trouble began almost immediately. To show their disinterest, half a dozen Cabinet members jumped to their feet and walked out of the room. Castiella, who has championed the bill for ten years, nevertheless pressed on with his familiar argument: granting religious freedom was not only the right thing to do morally but also the right thing for Spain...
...Handful of Oatmeal." First on Rusk's agenda was a private session with Spanish Foreign Minister Fernando Ma ria Castiella y Maiz. It was also the most urgent meeting of the day, since the Spaniards had threatened not to re new a ten-year agreement, expiring this year, which permits U.S. bases in Spain...
...Official. A number of progressive Spanish Catholics have long suspected that the church's attitude to Protestantism is a major cause of anti-Spanish feeling in the world. One influential Spaniard who feels most strongly on the subject is Spain's Foreign Minister Fernando Maria Castiella y Maiz, 55, a Basque and a close friend of Malaga's reform-minded Bishop Angel Herrera. Six years ago, Castiella began sounding out Spanish prelates on the need to do something to ease non-Catholic tribulations in Spain. By way of setting an example, he persuaded the government to compensate...