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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... result of our control of the canal , we could deny passage to adversary ships as a practical matter in time of an international crisis or war . Under the treaty we surrender this right as it cannot be exercised once practical control of ...
... result of our control of the canal , we could deny passage to adversary ships as a practical matter in time of an international crisis or war . Under the treaty we surrender this right as it cannot be exercised once practical control of ...
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... result , the real possibility of ac- celerating Panama's general development and providing an answer to the im- portant needs of our people in this process . In other words , it would be one thing to have dignity and sovereignty with ...
... result , the real possibility of ac- celerating Panama's general development and providing an answer to the im- portant needs of our people in this process . In other words , it would be one thing to have dignity and sovereignty with ...
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... results that have been attained . Having responded with dignity during the last 2 years , withstanding the sac- rifice that we have had to accept for the recession , we now find ourselves facing the possibility of entering a path of ...
... results that have been attained . Having responded with dignity during the last 2 years , withstanding the sac- rifice that we have had to accept for the recession , we now find ourselves facing the possibility of entering a path of ...
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... resulting from the unlimited presence of U.S. troops around us , that this force level or amount of soldiers will never , never - unless there is a world- wide conflict or an extremely serious , uncontrollable situation , in which case ...
... resulting from the unlimited presence of U.S. troops around us , that this force level or amount of soldiers will never , never - unless there is a world- wide conflict or an extremely serious , uncontrollable situation , in which case ...
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... result of this , after approving the treaty of the existing canal and for the dura- tion of this treaty , both ... results from the greatest conviction that we have triumphed . [ as heard ] It is a triumph which comes from the conviction ...
... result of this , after approving the treaty of the existing canal and for the dura- tion of this treaty , both ... results from the greatest conviction that we have triumphed . [ as heard ] It is a triumph which comes from the conviction ...
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administration agree agreement amendment American Article authority Canal Zone Chairman clause Colombia Colón committee Communist concerned Cong Congress Congressional Constitution construction cost Court Cuba defend the canal defense Department economic effect environmental executive exercise fact force foreign give going grant Hay-Pauncefote Treaty human rights important Indian interest interoceanic issue Isthmus Isthmus of Panama jurisdiction land Latin America legislation level canal major matter ment military million negotiations neutrality Nicaragua operation Panama Canal Treaty Panama Canal Zone Panama City Panamanian Government percent political present President Carter problem proposed treaty protect provisions question ratified Republic of Panama sea-level canal Secretary Senator ALLEN Senator CHURCH Senator DOLE Senator SARBANES Senator THURMOND ships sovereign rights Soviet Suez Canal surrender territory threats tion Torrijos transfer transit U.S. citizens U.S. Congress U.S. Senate United vessels
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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.