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12 de marzo de 1981— exteriores > AGMAE-R39017Crónica del New York Times sobre críticas al comentario de Haig tras el 23-F
Documento de la embajada española en Washington que transcribe un artículo del New York Times criticando el comentario de Alexander Haig sobre el 23-F como 'asunto interno', generando preocupación por su impacto en España.
Personas mencionadas:
Juan Carlos I
Adolfo Suarez Gonzalez
Jose Luis Cortina Prieto
Alexander Haig
Ronald Reagan
James M. Markham
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Este documento, emitido por la Oficina de Información de la Embajada de España en Washington D.C., transcribe una crónica del New York Times fechada el 11 de marzo de 1981, publicada el 12 de marzo. El artículo, escrito por James H. Markham, analiza las repercusiones del comentario del Secretario de Estado estadounidense Alexander Haig Jr., quien calificó la toma del Parlamento por guardias civiles rebeldes el 23 de febrero como un 'asunto interno' español. Esta declaración ha generado duras críticas en España desde ambos espectros políticos, derecha e izquierda, y ha sido interpretada como indicativa de una actitud estadounidense insensible hacia la democracia española. El líder socialista Felipe González contrastó el apoyo europeo con la postura estadounidense, mientras que medios como ABC y corresponsales como José María Carrascal destacaron el riesgo de que este comentario pudiera alentar futuros intentos golpistas. Diplomáticos estadounidenses expresan preocupación por los efectos a largo plazo y sugieren gestos de apoyo para contrarrestar la percepción negativa, en un contexto donde el tratado de defensa entre España y EE.UU. está pendiente de renovación.
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AQUI EMBAJADA DE ESPANA EN WASHINGTGN, DC
OFICINA DE INFORMACION
TELEX NUMERO 26 PARA LA OID Y NORTEAMERICA
12 DE MARZO DE 1981
THE NEW YORK TIMES DE HGY MARZO QU, PUBLICA CRONICA DE JANES H
MARKHAM, TITULADA ''COMMENT BY HAIG DRAWS FIRE IN SPALE"",
FECHADA EN MADRID Y QUE TRANSCRIBO A CONTINUACION:
MADRID, MARCH 11 - A REMARK BY SECRETARY OF STATE ALEXANDER
4 HM HATG JR THAT THE SEIZURE OF PARLIAMENT BY REBEL CIVIL GUARDS
ON FEB. 23 WAS A SPANISH ""INTERNAL MATTER"" HAS DRAWM HARSH
CRITICISM FROM BOTH THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT HERE.
MR HAIG HADE THE TERSE OBSERVATION JUST AFTER THE PARLIAMENT
WAS OCCUPIED, AND, AMERICAN DIPLOMATS INSIST, DID HOT? EXTENT
IT TQ BE A STATEMENT OF POLICY. BUT 1N SPITE OF A SERIES OF
WARH LETTERS FROM PRESIDENT REAGAN CONGRATULATING KING JUAN
CARLOS AND THE GOVERNHENT AFTER THE FAILURE OF THE COYP,
SPANTARDS WAVE PERSISTENTLY VIEWED THE HAIG COMMENT AS SUGGESTIVE
OF TRUE AMERICAN ATTITUDES.
YESTERDAY, ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO BRITAIH! AS PART OF A WESTERN
EUROPEAN TRIP, FELIPE GONZALEZ, THE SOCIALIST LEADER, CONTRASTED
SUPPORTIVE EUROPEAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SPAIN WITH PURPORTEDLY
INTENSITIVE AMERICAN ONES.
"'THE [MHICITION OF THE UNITED STATES AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IS
INEXPLICABLE IN DEMOCRATIC TERHS*’' SAID WR GONZALEZ
TH ASSPEECH AT OXFORD, ""ALL THE HORE SO SINCE THE PESTURE OF
ITS GOVERNMENT 1S NOW TOTALLY INTERVENTIONIST, AS IN THE CASE
OF EL SALVADOR".
THE BASIC PROBLEM 1S ONE OF PERCEPTIONS. 4 SPANISH OPINION 15
EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO AMERICAN POLICIES TOVARD THE NATIONS OF
LATIN AMERICA, NANY OF WHICH ARE FORMER SPANISH COLONIES. AT THE
SAME TIME, SPANTAROS BELIEVE. WITH A MUIXTURE OF HURT PRIDE AXD
INDIGNATION. THAT WASHINGTON'S ATTITUDES TOMARD LATIN AMERICAN
PROBABLY APPLY TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY AS WELLE
MANY SPANISH POLITICIANS, EDITORS AHD JOURNALISTS BELIEVE
THAT THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION CARES LITTLE FOR HUNAN
RIGHTS ISSUES IM LATIN AMERICA AND WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF RIGHT-
. WING MILITARY DICTATORSHIPS. WHAT APPLIES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
| MUST LOGICALLY. THEY FEEL, APPLY HERE AS WELL. MOREOVER,
| : \ SINCE MR REAGAN'S ELECTION, THE NEOFASCIST PRESS, ‘IIDELY
: READ IN MILITARY CIRCLES, HAS BEEN ASSIDUOSLY CULTIVATING THIS
; IDEA WITH THE CLEAR ATH OF MAKING A COUP EASIER,
THE MONARCHIST DAILY ABC. WHICH HAS: FIRMLY SUPPORTED KIN JUAN
CARLOS INM OPPOSITION TO THE ATTEMPTED COUP, PUBLISHED SUNDAY
A SERIES OF REPORT FROM ITS OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS O:: WHAT,
HYPOTHETICALLY, WOULD HAVE BEEN THE POLICIES OF THE VARIOUS
COUNTRIES 1F THE COUP HAD SUCCEEDED.
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THE NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT, JOSE HARTA CARRASCAL, HIGHLIGHTED
THE HAIG COMMENT. SAYING IT, RATHER THA THE SUBSEQUENT EFFUSIVE
OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR SPANISH DENOCRACY,''YOULO POSSIGLY BE THE
ATTITUDE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED HERE HAD THE COUP SUCCEEDED,
AS WAS THE CASE 1N TURKEY''.
"'THUS?D0H'T GET INVOLVED IN. '"INTERNAL'' AFFAIRS AS LO'G
AS THEY DON'T ABANDON THE WESTERN CAMP IS THE ATTITUDE OF THE New
STATE DEPARTMENT" ", MR, CARRASCAL CONCLUDED,
BAFFLED AT FIRST BY THE INSISTENCE WITH WHICH THE HAIG REMARK
HAS BEEN RECYCLED HERE, SOME AMERICAN DIPLOMATS HAYE BECONE
DEEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT ITS POSSIBLE LONG-TERM EFFECTS. THEY
SUGGEST THAT SOME VISIBLE DEMONSTRATION OF SUPPORT FCR SPANISH
DEMOCRACY -- PERHAPS A SPECIAL REAGAN ADMINISTRATION ENVOY -- IS
NEEDED TO UNDO THE POSSIBLY MALIGN EFFECTS OF THE HAIG COMMENT,
THE VIEWS OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION WEIGH HEAVILY IN SPAIN,
4 PARTICULARLY SINCE THE TWO, COUNTRIES ARE BOUND SY A DEFENSE
TREATY THAT COMES UP FOR RENEWAL IN SEPTEMBER. THE TREATY
GIVES THE UNITED STATES ACCESS TO SPANISH BASES AND STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AS WELL AS CONSIDERALLE CONTACT
WITH TRE SPANISH MILITARY. THE FIRST SUCH AGREEMENT, SIGRED
IN 1853, ENDED YEARS OF OSTRACISH OF THE FRANCO REGINE BY
WESTER NATIONS.
ONE WESTERN EUROPEAN DIPLOMAT CALLED THE FUSS ‘'UNFCRTUNATE,
PARTICULARLY IF THE GENERALS PERSUADE THEMSELVES THAT WHAT THEY
READ IN THEIR OWN PRESS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES 1S TRUE'’.
TTHAT HIGHT PERSUADE THEM THAT NOTHING WOULD BE LOST IN
TRYING AGAIN”,
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