FM ORDONEZ ON NORIEGA DEPARTURE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89G01321R000800090010-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 1, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM AMEMBASSY MADRID
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1151
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, PM, SP, US
SUBJECT: FM ORDONEZ ON NORIEGA DEPARTURE
2. FM ORDONEZ CALLED ME AT 0900 LOCAL, MARCH 29, ONE HOUR
AFTER LANDING IN MADRID ON RETURN FROM COSTA RICA TRIP WITH PM
GONZALEZ. ORDONEZ SAID SPANISH PRESS REPORTS (OUTLINED SEPTEL)
ON THE PANAMA DISCUSSIONS WERE BASICALLY CORRECT AND COMPLETE,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO POINTS THAT WERE BEING HELD
PRIVATELY. FIRST, CARLOS ANDRES PEREZ SPOKE TO NORIEGA MARCH
28, AND "IT SEEMS NORIEGA HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE." SECOND,
NORIEGA HAS ACCEPTED BISHOP MCGRATH AS MEDIATOR. BOTH PEREZ
AND THE BISHOP WILL BE TALKING FURTHER TO NORIEGA TODAY, AND
GONZALEZ EXPECTS ALSO TO BE IN CONTACT WITH THEM IN THE COURSE
OF THE DAY.
3. IN SUM, ORDONEZ THOUGHT THINGS LOOKED GOOD. AT THE SAME
T I ME, HE ~ X P R E S S E D C O N C E R N T H A T T H E I N _N_A.L -S I T-U-A_T_LOJ1__J.J!L
PANAMA WAS TAKING A TURN THAT COULD _ oL THINGS HE SAID HE
4. I THANKED HIM FOR THE INFORMATION, AND SAID THAT ANYTHING
THAT HELPED THE OBJECTIVE OF GETTING NORIEGA OUT FAST WAS
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