Wikileaks report carried by 20minutos today shows that Spain offered the use of the Rota military base in Cádiz to hide the passage of United States nuclear submarines into the Mediterranean.
The reports indicate that it is very difficult for ecologist groups to detect the presence of nuclear subs in the Cádiz Naval base.
Documents indicate that indeed the United States used Rota in preference to Gibraltar at the express request of the Zapatero Government, so as not to alarm the civil population and to avoid clashes with environmental groups.
Spain showed sensitivity over the presence of nuclear submarines on the rock following the Tireless incident in 200/2001 when a British sub had to be repaired while in Gibraltar, attracting widespread protests from the Spanish side of the border.
Documents indicate that only 7% of United States ships have used Gibraltar, while the rest, 93%, all used Spanish ports.
There has been coverage of the story also in the Norwegian paper Aftenposten.
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