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General Torrijos has been chief of state for 9 years . He has held the reins of government in Panama longer than any other Panamanian , since independence . There is no effective political opposition and no sign that he may be deposed .
General Torrijos has been chief of state for 9 years . He has held the reins of government in Panama longer than any other Panamanian , since independence . There is no effective political opposition and no sign that he may be deposed .
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Those disagreements have continued after the signing of the treaties and they continue even after the joint statement of October 14 , 1977 , issued by President Carter and General Torrijos . We owe it to ourselves , Mr. President ...
Those disagreements have continued after the signing of the treaties and they continue even after the joint statement of October 14 , 1977 , issued by President Carter and General Torrijos . We owe it to ourselves , Mr. President ...
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He added that he thought it would be desirable for Torrijos and himself to upgrade their joint statement into a “ signed agreement ” and indicated that the Panamanian leader was amenable to that suggestion .
He added that he thought it would be desirable for Torrijos and himself to upgrade their joint statement into a “ signed agreement ” and indicated that the Panamanian leader was amenable to that suggestion .
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Contents
REPRESENTATIVE STATEMENTS ON THE MAJOR THEMES | 17 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
SUMMARY TEXT AND VOTE FOR ALL PROPOSED AMEND | 343 |
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| Title | Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events U.S. and Panama and their canal : the diplomatic and legal record |
| Author | Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service |
| Contributor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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