Panama Canal, 1971, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs ... 92-1, on H. Res. 74, 154, 156, and Other Resolutions, Sept. 22 and 23, 19711971 - Government publications - 173 pages |
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... bases by U.S. Forces in Panama for 5 years beyond the termination date of the proposed treaty for the operation of the existing canal . If a new canal in Panama were constructed the military base rights treaty would have to be extended ...
... bases by U.S. Forces in Panama for 5 years beyond the termination date of the proposed treaty for the operation of the existing canal . If a new canal in Panama were constructed the military base rights treaty would have to be extended ...
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... Panamanian radicals and demagogs have failed to diagnose realistically the premises on which they base their policies and actions . Unfor- 68-091 0-71-2 tunately , through continued insistence Panamanian policies now prevailing are 11.
... Panamanian radicals and demagogs have failed to diagnose realistically the premises on which they base their policies and actions . Unfor- 68-091 0-71-2 tunately , through continued insistence Panamanian policies now prevailing are 11.
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... bases there , and operating submarines off both coasts of Latin America ? Instead of surrendering the Canal Zone to Panama why not extend it to include the entire watershed of the Chagres River ? Would not the cession of U.S. ...
... bases there , and operating submarines off both coasts of Latin America ? Instead of surrendering the Canal Zone to Panama why not extend it to include the entire watershed of the Chagres River ? Would not the cession of U.S. ...
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... bases in Panama , would have pro- vided for their continued use by United States forces 5 years beyond the termina ... base rights treaty would have been extended for the duration of the treaty for the new canal . The Panamanian ...
... bases in Panama , would have pro- vided for their continued use by United States forces 5 years beyond the termina ... base rights treaty would have been extended for the duration of the treaty for the new canal . The Panamanian ...
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... bases there , operating submarines off both coasts of Latin America . Remember , the trouble we had in the middle part of World War II was German subs being watered and provisioned off the Atlantic coast there by some fascisti . I can ...
... bases there , operating submarines off both coasts of Latin America . Remember , the trouble we had in the middle part of World War II was German subs being watered and provisioned off the Atlantic coast there by some fascisti . I can ...
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American Article cede Chairman cities of Panama Colombia Colón Committee Communist concessions construction Cuba defense existing canal FASCELL feet forces Government of Panama Harmodio Arias Madrid Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty House of Representatives House Resolution important interests Interoceanic Canal Isthmus Isthmus of Panama KAZEN land Latin America level canal MAILLIARD maintenance ment meters military million MORSE National Guard North latitude November 18 ocean Omar Torrijos operation Pacific Pacific Ocean Pana Panama and Colon Panama Canal Zone Panama City Panamanian Panamanian Government perpetuity political present canal present treaty President propaganda railroad ratification REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Republic of Panama rights and jurisdiction sea-level canal Senate ships sovereign rights sovereignty and jurisdiction STATEMENT strategic subcommittee Suez Canal Sullivan surrender territory thence tion treaty negotiations Treaty of 1903 U.S. control U.S. Senate U.S. sovereignty United vital Washington waterway Western Hemisphere WILLIAMS Zone to Panama
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Page 55 - States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 42 - I am taking the liberty of sending a copy of this letter to the other members of your committee.
Page 89 - Panama agrees to cancel or modify such treaty in due form, for which purpose it shall give to the said third power the requisite notification within the term of four months from the date of the present convention, and in case the existing treaty contains no clause permitting its...
Page 89 - The same right and authority are granted to the United States for the maintenance of public order in the cities of Panama and Colon and the territories and harbors adjacent thereto in case the Republic of Panama should not be, in the judgment of the United States, able to maintain such order.
Page 95 - And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the...
Page 4 - Executive order that all land and land under water within the limits of the Canal Zone is necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, or protection of the Panama Canal, and to extinguish, by agreement when advisable, all claims and titles of adverse claimants and occupants.
Page 52 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights...
Page 89 - Panama shall nominate two persons and they shall proceed to a decision; but in case of disagreement of the Commission (by reason of their being equally divided in conclusion), an umpire shall be appointed by the two Governments who shall render the decision.
Page 99 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity a monopoly for the construction, maintenance and operation of any system of communication by means of canal or railroad across its territory between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Page 89 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.