SPANISH SECURITY ASSURANCES FOR P-3 SPARE PARTS

UNCLAS MADRID 001325 SIPDIS SIPDIS PM/RSAT FOR SAUNTE FURNACE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS SP SUBJECT: SPANISH SECURITY ASSURANCES FOR P-3 SPARE PARTS PROGRAM REF: SECSTATE 20963 ¶1. Spain welcomes the opportunity to join the P-3 spare parts exchange program. It has delivered to Post a letter signed by the MOD Director General for Armament and Material (DGAM) providing end-use, security, and retransfer assurances related to the program. ¶2. For the Kingdom of Spain, Royal Decree 1782/2004 is the controlling legislation for end-use issues. Article 33 of the Royal Decree identifies the MOD DGAM as the Government's representative for "control documents applicable to the import-introduction of defense material." Therefore, Post understands that the DGAM is the appropriate Spanish government official with authority to sign an agreement such as this on behalf of the GOS. ¶3. Post has pouched Spain's letter to L/PM as requested (pouch registry #247167) and emailed a scanned copy to PM/RSAT. The letter reads as follows. Begin text. Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Spain Secretary of State of Defense SIPDIS Armament and Materiel Directorate The General Director for Armament and Materiel, for and on behalf of the Spanish Government, presents his compliments to the Department of State of the United States of America and has the honor to refer to the United States requirement that the Kingdom of Spain provide adequate end-use, retransfer and security assurances before the Government of the United States of America may consent to another government's request to retransfer US government-granted or sold defense articles, related training or other defense services. In this regard, with respect to a program in which the governments of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Greece, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain and Thailand would like to transfer among themselves common and unclassified P-3 spare parts, subsystems, accessory attachments, support equipment, and related technical data, the Kingdom of Spain provides the following assurances: (a) The Kingdom of Spain shall not, unless the prior written consent of the Government of the United States of America has first been obtained: (I) Permit any use of such common and unclassified P-3 spare parts, subsystems, accessory attachments, support equipment, related technical data, or any article or data derived from such articles or data, by anyone not an officer, employee or agent of the governments of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Greece, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain or Thailand; (II) Transfer, or permit any officer, employee, or agent of the Kingdom of Spain to transfer such common and unclassified P-3 spare parts, subsystems, accessory attachments, support equipment, related technical data, or any article or data derived from such articles or data, by gift, sale or otherwise; or (III) Use, or permit the use of such common and unclassified P-3 spare parts, subsystems, accessory attachments, support equipment, related technical data, or any article or data derived from such articles or data, for purposes other than those for which provided. (b) The Kingdom of Spain will maintain the security of such common and unclassified P3 spare parts, subsystems, accessory attachments, support equipment, related technical data, or any article or data derived from such articles or data and will provide substantially the same degree of security protection afforded to such common and unclassified P-3 spare parts, subsystems, accessory attachments, support equipment, related technical data, or any article or data derived from such articles or data, by the Government of the United States of America. Madrid, 31 May, 2007 /s/ (illegible) Jose Julio Rodriguez Fernandez End text. AGUIRRE