Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04MADRID2759
2004-07-20 12:46:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:  

SPAIN: RESPONSE ON MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE

Tags:  IR PHUM PTER SP PREJ IQ 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002759 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/19/2014
TAGS: IR PHUM PTER SP PREJ IQ
SUBJECT: SPAIN: RESPONSE ON MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 107318

Classified By: Political Counselor Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick for reasons
1.4 (b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002759

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/19/2014
TAGS: IR PHUM PTER SP PREJ IQ
SUBJECT: SPAIN: RESPONSE ON MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 107318

Classified By: Political Counselor Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick for reasons
1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) On July 9, the Spanish MFA finally responded with a
definitive "no" to our 5/14 demarche (reftel) asking Spain to
accept Mujahahedin-e Khalq (MEK) detainees. MFA Ambassador
Fernandez de la Pena told us that the GOS has reviewed our
request on an interagency basis, including MFA, Interior and
Spanish National Intelligence (CNI),and vetted the names we
had provided. According to de la Pena, the GOS interagency
group determined that Spain could accept MEK parolees only if
they had credible claims to Spanish citizenship, and found
none among the names we submitted with a credible claim. The
GOS is not interested in taking any others or undertaking any
further review of the individuals whose names we submitted,
according to de la Pena.


2. (C) De la Pena told us that, given the March 11
terrorist attacks in Madrid, the GOS was not in a position to
accept any possible MKE members or associates. Keeping track
of them would be an unacceptable burden on the police and
intelligence agencies, he said, given the demands of the
March 11 investigations and the continuing fight against ETA.
For these reasons, the GOS had to refuse our request
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