European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 2, 198b the stars and stripes Page 3 dolphins wee a submarine at dusk in his photograph by a Royal Navy photographer who won an award in photo Fin ish the Royal Navy photographic Competition at the ministry of defense in London tuesday. The photo Grapher h Chris North who is on the Rokac now in cibral Ler. Spain . Sign new defense agreement Madrid Spain a Spain and the United Stales signed a new Dight year defense agreement thursday that stipulates the withdrawal or 72 air Force f-16 fighter bombers by 1992 and guarantee continued american use of Ihrck Spanish military bases and nine communication posts. Chief negotiators Maximo Cajal of Spain and . Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew signed the lexis of he agreement at the foreign ministry formally ending the Long and at times Inse negotiations begun in julyl9s6. The government of socialist prime minister Felipe Gonzalez sees the new agreement As pulling the bilateral defense relationship on a More equal fooling with More Spanish control Over the joint use bases and a fresh Start Balw can two democratic allies. Foreign minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez called the new Accord not just an arrival but a Point of departure completely satisfactory to both sides for a new relation based on Trust. Plural and Active upon which can be based a True bilateral political pro ject."". The minister has described the negotiations leading to the withdrawal of the -101st tac fighter Wing As the most difficult he has Ever experienced whether. In Public or private Spain and the United slates first signed a military cooperation treaty establishing four . Bases in spam in 1953, during he height of inc cold War under the authoritarian Rule of Gen. Francisco Franco. After Franco s death in 1975, King Juan Carlos led the country through a peaceful transition to democracy. To the new agreement Spain renounces any form of . Aid. Which in the pail it received in Exchange for . Military us
