the idea was that the options should be sent by PM to me and remain secret until the next turn so as not to affect the decisions of other players. Anyway the decisions available on this particular turn for Spain weren't of a sort that would be damaging for leaking out, so it was ok this time...

One more point which I forgot to mention above, which may have caused the confusion - if you want to have diplomatic discussions with any faction that isn't played by any particular player, the diplomatic discussions can be carried out by sending PMs to me, with me acting as that nation if needed.