PANAMA CANAL TREATY
(DISPOSITION OF UNITED STATES TERRITORY)

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEPARATION OF POWERS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PART 1

JULY 22, 1977

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CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF WITNESSES

Leonard, George S., attorney, Washington, D.C__.

Parfitt, Hon. Harold R., Governor, Panama Canal Zone__

McAuliffe, Lt. Gen. Dennis P., commander-in-chief, U.S. Southern Com-

mand; accompanied by Col. James F. Thornton, legal advisor_.

Gravel, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska----

Murphy, Hon. John M,, a U.S. Representative from the State of New York-

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AFTERNOON SESSION

Crowe, Hon. Guthrie F., retired judge_-_.

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Moorer, Adm. Thomas H., U.S. Navy, retired (Former Chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff)-

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Helms, Hon. Jesse, a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina_.

Meeker, Leonard, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C‒‒‒‒

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Crowe, Hon. Guthrie F., retired judge_

Gravel, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska----

Helms, Hon. Jesse, a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina__.

Leonard, George S., attorney, Washington, D.C----

McAuliffe, Lt. Gen. Dennis P., commander-in-chief, U.S. Southern Com-

mand; accompanied by Col. James F. Thornton, legal advisor__.

Meeker, Leonard, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C‒‒‒‒

Moorer, Adm. Thomas H., U.S. Navy, retired (Former Chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff).

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91

218

173

Murphy, Hon. John M., a U.S. Representative from the State of New York
Parfitt, Hon. Harold R., Governor, Panama Canal Zone-----

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PREPARED STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES

Leonard, George S., attorney, Washington, D.C‒‒‒‒‒
Parfitt, Hon. Harold R., Governor, Panama Canal Zone___
Gravel, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska--

Murphy, Hon. John M., a U.S. Representative from the State of New York

MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

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Text of 1903 treaty (Isthmian Canal Convention. November 18, 1903)
Total payments for the Canal Zone property as a result of the 1903 treaty-
Comparison of lock plans__

Table

Assurances for present employees of the Panama Canal Company/Canal
Zone Government under a new Panama Canal Treaty.

Congressional Research Service report on the role of the House of Repre-

sentatives in the disposition of U.S. property in the Panama Canal Zone

to Panama

Letter to the President signed by four Chiefs of Naval Operations_.

Joint statement by the Honorable Henery A. Kissinger, Secretary of State

of the United States, and His Excellency Juan Antonio Tack, Minister

of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama-1974____.

Senator Helm's Senate floor statement excerpted from the Congressional

Record, December 4, 1975, entitled "The Panama Canal Negotiations

and Alleged Acceptance by Panama of U.S. Control”.