Panama Canal Treaties: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety Fifth Congress, First Session, on Executive N, 95th Cong., 1st Sess. ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - Panama |
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... Panama Canal is longstanding . Over the years I have introduced several bills to modernize the Panama Canal . In the 94th Congress , I offered a resolution signed by 38 other Senators oppos- ing the surrender of this waterway to Panama ...
... Panama Canal is longstanding . Over the years I have introduced several bills to modernize the Panama Canal . In the 94th Congress , I offered a resolution signed by 38 other Senators oppos- ing the surrender of this waterway to Panama ...
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... canal . As an example , in fiscal year 1968 , about 70 percent of U.S. Government cargo headed for Vietnam used the ... Panama Canal , which would be a serious setback in war , would contribute to the encirclement of the United States by ...
... canal . As an example , in fiscal year 1968 , about 70 percent of U.S. Government cargo headed for Vietnam used the ... Panama Canal , which would be a serious setback in war , would contribute to the encirclement of the United States by ...
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... PANAMA , BUT OFFICIALS PREDICT RATIFICATION ( By Alan Riding ) PANAMA , Sept. 26. - While opposition to the new Panama Canal treaties is intense in nationalist circles here , the military Government of Brig . Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera ...
... PANAMA , BUT OFFICIALS PREDICT RATIFICATION ( By Alan Riding ) PANAMA , Sept. 26. - While opposition to the new Panama Canal treaties is intense in nationalist circles here , the military Government of Brig . Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera ...
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... Panama Canal to the defense of the United States . ( 2 ) Freedom House 1977 Comparative Survey of Freedom , which details Panama's rating on human rights . ( 3 ) Panamanian interpretation of treaty provisions in speeches before the ...
... Panama Canal to the defense of the United States . ( 2 ) Freedom House 1977 Comparative Survey of Freedom , which details Panama's rating on human rights . ( 3 ) Panamanian interpretation of treaty provisions in speeches before the ...
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... Panama Canal and its protective frame , the U.S. Canal Zone as provided in the existing treaty . " We concur in their judgement and trust you will find such action wholly consistent with our national interest and will act accordingly ...
... Panama Canal and its protective frame , the U.S. Canal Zone as provided in the existing treaty . " We concur in their judgement and trust you will find such action wholly consistent with our national interest and will act accordingly ...
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Page 50 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...
Page 261 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control...
Page 399 - 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, power or authority.
Page 363 - It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present...
Page 295 - It would not be contended that it extends so far as to authorize what the Constitution forbids, or a change in the character of the government or in that of one of the States, or a cession of any portion of the territory of the latter, without its consent.
Page 364 - Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof , and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof.
Page 295 - The treaty power, as expressed in the Constitution, is in terms unlimited except by those restraints which are found in that instrument against the action of the government or of its departments, and those arising from the nature of the government itself and of that of the States.
Page 256 - Canal and its auxiliary works, with their respective families, and all such persons shall be free and exempt from the military service of the Republic of Panama.
Page 255 - The Republic of Panama agrees that there shall not be imposed any taxes, national, municipal, departmental, or of any other class, upon the Canal, the railways and auxiliary works, tugs and other vessels employed in the service of the Canal...
Page 388 - ... than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the Commission.