The Panama Canal--a Reexamination: A Report |
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Page 3 - 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 3 - States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection...
Page 5 - The treaty of 1903 and its amendments will be abrogated by the conclusion of an entirely new interoceanic canal treaty. 2. The concept of perpetuity will be eliminated. The new treaty concerning the lock canal shall have a fixed termination date. 3. Termination of United States jurisdiction over Panamanian territory shall take place promptly in accordance with terms specified in the treaty. 4. The Panamanian territory in which the canal is situated shall be returned to the jurisdiction of the Republic...
Page 9 - The Government of New Granada guarantees to the Government of the United States that the right of way or transit across the Isthmus of Panama upon any modes of communication that now exist, or that may be hereafter constructed, shall be open and free to the Government and citizens of the United States...
Page 17 - Senate votes we shall have a treaty in the main very satisfactory, vastly advantageous to the United States, and we must confess, with what face we can muster, not so advantageous to Panama.
Page 18 - Panamanian patriot could object. If it is again submitted to their consideration they will attempt to amend it in many places, no man can say with what result, then they will feel that we had passed definitely upon the main subject; that the treaty was safe; that their independence was achieved, and that now it was time for them to look out for a better bargain than they were able to make at...
Page 45 - Philippe Bunau-Varilla, New Light on the Panama Canal Treaty," Hispanic American Historical Review, vol.
Page 5 - States jurisdiction over Panamanian territory shall take place promptly in accordance with terms specified in the treaty. 4. The Panamanian territory in which the canal is situated shall be returned to the jurisdiction of the Republic of Panama. The Republic of Panama, in its capacity as territorial sovereign, shall grant to the United States of America, for the duration of the new...
Page 5 - The Republic of Panama shall participate in the administration of the canal, in accordance with a procedure to be agreed upon in the treaty. The treaty shall also provide that Panama will assume total responsibility for the operation of the canal upon the termination of the treaty. The Republic of Panama shall grant to the United States of America the rights necessary to regulate the transit of ships through the canal, and to undertake any other specific activity related to those ends, as may be...
Page 17 - So long as the delegation has not arrived in Washington, I shall he free to deal with you alone, provided with complete confidence and absolute powers. When they arrive, I shall no longer be alone. In fact, I may perhaps no longer be here at all.