PANAMA CANAL TREATY NEGOTIATIONS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PANAMA CANAL. United States. Congress. OF THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES. NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS Baker, Jasper S., director of government relations, United Fruit Co.. Dennis, Hon. David W., a Representative in Congress from the Dribbons, Lt. Col. Charles, Office of the Secretary of the Army. Dunson, Dr. William A., associate professor of biology, Pennsylvania Horwitz, Leonard, Deputy Director for Panamanian Affairs, Depart- 69 Hurwitch, Robert A., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter- Ingersoll, John E., Director, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Jones, Dr. Meredith L., Smithsonian Institution Keal, Joseph, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Legislative Affairs.. 3, 19, 39, 69 219 252 69 85 Kneale, Capt. James E., U.S. Navy, Office of Legislation Liaison, 19, 69 Marcuse, Herman, U.S. Department of Justice.. 95 Maskin, Alfred, executive director, American Maritime Association, 306 McNitt, James R., president, All America Cables & Radio, Inc., ITT 289 Miller, Loren, Counsel, ITT Central America Cables & Radio, Inc... 289 3, 19, 39, 69 Parker, David, Governor of the Canal Zone.. Reynolds, James J., president of American Institute of Merchant Runnestrand, Paul, Executive Secretary of the Canal Zone- Price, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of 19, 47, 69, 338 205 19, 69 3, 19 Statement of-Continued Samuels, Michael A., Office of Congressional Relations, Department Sheffey, Col. John, Assistant Legal Adviser, Department of State-- Page 19, 69 19, 69 156 Ward, David H., Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for International Affairs. 19, 69, 85 Weber, Dr. Jon N., associate professor of marine geology and Weintraub, Sidney, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Flood, Hon. Daniel J.: Committee for Continued U.S. Control of the Panama Canal.. The Sea Snakes Are Coming, by William A. Dunson_ 184 Washington Mulls Ceding the Panama Canal, by Richard 192 Hennessy, John M.: Projects for possible Board Consideration by the Inter-American 367 McNitt, James R.: Additional paragraph to be added at end of article XVIII of 293 Murphy, Hon. John M.: Document: "Disposal by Treaty of U.S. Property Rights in 101 Study: "Cession of Realty to Panama: Limitation of Construc- Breakdown of arrests in Canal Zone, calendar year 1970_____ 52 Canal Study Commission___ 35 Panama Canal users, fiscal year 1969 (table). Price comparison between Panama Canal company retail sales 56 Weber, Dr. Jon N.: Ecological studies of the coral predator Acanthaster planci in the 246 Weintraub, Sidney: Number of employees- 336 Policy statement: Economic Assistance and Investment Security 320 South American power 334 Communications submitted for the record Austen, W. J., Defense Department, letter of July 16, 1962, to C. C. 297 Clark, Charles R., letter of July 20, 1972, to Rafael Ayax Moscote.. 346 297 Maskin, Alfred, letter of January 25, 1972, to Robert J. McElroy.. 311 296 Moscote, Rafael Ayax, letter of June 30, 1972, to Col. Charles R. Parker, David S., letter of December 20, 1971, to W. M. Whitman__ PANAMA CANAL TREATY NEGOTIATIONS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1971 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PANAMA CANAL, COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met pursuant to call at 10:10 a.m., in room 1334, Longworth Office Building, Hon. John M. Murphy presiding. Mr. MURPHY. The subcommittee will come to order. Today, this subcommittee begins hearings on the Panama Canal in an effort to determine where the United States stands with the Republic of Panama on current and future issues which are of vital importance to both countries. There are negotiations currently going on between the two countries over our future course of action. Because these negotiations are, perforce, confidential, and because they are so important to our respective futures, speculation has been rampant in both countries over their eventual outcome, and over the treaty document itself. Rumors have blown out of proportion the nature of certain aspects of our current talks with the Panamanians. Anti-American elements in Panama have accused Panamanian negotiators of "giving in" to the "collossus of the North". On the other hand, reports have appeared in the American press to the effect that U.S. negotiators are surrendering American "sovereignty" and, in the process, the future livelihood of American citizens in the zone and, indeed, the future of the United States in Latin America. The purpose of these hearings is to calm what I perceive is a growing sense of fear on the part of citizens and officials of both nations over imagined "wrongs" that are more fancy than fact. I truly believe that the interests of both of our countries are the same. I believe that a mutual bond of interest and friendship can both be served and maintained by solving our differences openly and frankly rather than by the inflammatory rhetoric that has recently surfaced. This subcommittee has the obligation and duty to do everything possible under its mandate to guarantee the continued operation of the canal in the best interests of the United States. On the other hand, we must give equal cognizance to the fact that Panama has been our partner in the canal enterprise for almost 70 years. And while arguments have arisen during the years of U.S.-Panama collaboration on the Isthmus, and political issues have sometimes led to hostile street action against the United States, in a larger sense the governments have collaborated through the years to the benefit of both. |