Pact of Madrid

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The Pact of Madrid was a 1953 agreement between Spain and the United States that ended Spain’s postwar isolation by granting U.S. military bases in exchange for economic and military aid to Francisco Franco’s regime.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pact of Madrid canonical 2
Pact of Madrid (1953) 1
Pact of Madrid of 1953 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral agreement ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spanish–American agreements of 1953 ⓘ
beneficiary Franco regime ⓘ
linked to: Francoist Spain
context post–World War II Western containment policy ⓘ
countryInvolved Spain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
effectOnSpain access to U.S. credits and supplies ⓘ
reduction of diplomatic isolation of Spain ⓘ
effectOnUnitedStates access to air bases in Spain ⓘ
access to naval facilities in Spain ⓘ
followedBy further defense and cooperation agreements between Spain and the United States ⓘ
granted rights to establish U.S. military bases in Spain ⓘ
headOfSpanishStateAtSigning Francisco Franco ⓘ
legalForm series of executive agreements ⓘ
motivatedBy U.S. strategic interest in Iberian Peninsula bases ⓘ
politicalCharacter non-NATO bilateral defense arrangement ⓘ
precededBy postwar diplomatic isolation of Spain ⓘ
provided U.S. economic aid to Spain ⓘ
U.S. military aid to Spain ⓘ
purpose end Spain’s post–World War II diplomatic isolation ⓘ
establish military cooperation between Spain and the United States ⓘ
relatedTo Francoist Spain–United States relations ⓘ
resultedIn integration of Spain into Western bloc security structures ⓘ
signedDuring Cold War ⓘ
signedInYear 1953 ⓘ
signedUnderGovernment Francoist Spain ⓘ
signingDate 1953 ⓘ
strengthened Franco’s international legitimacy ⓘ
typeOfAid economic assistance ⓘ
military assistance ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaties of Spain → notableExample → Pact of Madrid (1953) ⓘ
linked to: Pact of Madrid
United States–Spain relations → keyAgreement → Pact of Madrid of 1953 ⓘ
linked to: Pact of Madrid
Madrid Agreements of 1953 → alsoKnownAs → Pact of Madrid ⓘ