Panama Canal, 1971: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, First Session ... September 22 and 23, 1971 |
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... recent sea level studies and now of the Office of Interoceanic Canal Negotiations in the Department of State , made the following revealing statements before a gathering of marine scientists on March 4 , 1971 , at the Smithsonian ...
... recent sea level studies and now of the Office of Interoceanic Canal Negotiations in the Department of State , made the following revealing statements before a gathering of marine scientists on March 4 , 1971 , at the Smithsonian ...
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... recent years of our policies at Panama . It must be borne in mind that those who made these threats overthrew by force and violence the Constitutional Government of Panama and are maintaining themselves in power by the same means . Why ...
... recent years of our policies at Panama . It must be borne in mind that those who made these threats overthrew by force and violence the Constitutional Government of Panama and are maintaining themselves in power by the same means . Why ...
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... recent years , particu- larly in Latin America . It will open the way for the next great step by the Con- gress in the evolution of our Isthmian Canal policy - the major modernization of the existing Panama Canal . These two steps ...
... recent years , particu- larly in Latin America . It will open the way for the next great step by the Con- gress in the evolution of our Isthmian Canal policy - the major modernization of the existing Panama Canal . These two steps ...
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... recent efforts to wrest its control from the United States trace back to the 1917 Communist Revolution and conform to long range Soviet policy of gaining domination over key water routes as in Cuba , which flanks the Atlantic approach ...
... recent efforts to wrest its control from the United States trace back to the 1917 Communist Revolution and conform to long range Soviet policy of gaining domination over key water routes as in Cuba , which flanks the Atlantic approach ...
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... recent years . Re- visions were made in 1936 and 1955. But the most objectionable feature from Panama's viewpoint - US sovereignty over the Canal Zone in perpetuity - re- mained unchanged . Neither did the increases in payments and ...
... recent years . Re- visions were made in 1936 and 1955. But the most objectionable feature from Panama's viewpoint - US sovereignty over the Canal Zone in perpetuity - re- mained unchanged . Neither did the increases in payments and ...
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Article canal treaty cede Chairman cities of Panama citizens Colombia Colón Communist concessions CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction control and defense corridor Cuba DENNIS existing canal FASCELL feet Government of Panama Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty House of Representatives House Resolution important interests Interoceanic Canal Isthmus Isthmus of Panama KAZEN land Latin America level canal LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAILLIARD maintain maintenance ment meters military million MORSE November 18 officers Omar Torrijos operation Panama and Colon Panama Canal Zone Panamanian Government perpetuity political ports present canal present treaty President ratified REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Republic of Panama sea level sea-level canal Secretary Senate sovereign rights sovereignty and jurisdiction Soviet statement strategic subcommittee Suez Canal SULLIVAN surrender thence tion treaty negotiations Treaty of 1903 treaty with Panama U.S. Constitution U.S. control U.S. Senate U.S. sovereignty United vital WILLIAMS Zone to Panama
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Page 66 - 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 132 - 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 of said Canal...
Page 132 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control...
Page 43 - I am taking the liberty of sending a copy of this letter to the other members of your committee.
Page 133 - ... 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 of the said Canal or of any auxiliary canals or other works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said enterprise.
Page 148 - And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the...
Page 5 - Order that all land and land under water within the limits of the Canal Zone is necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, or protection of the Panama Canal and to extinguish, by agreement when advisable, all claims and titles of adverse claimants and occupants.
Page 131 - Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the high contracting parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, — The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, and The Government of the Republic of Panama, Philippe...
Page 134 - Panama and authorizes the New Panama Canal Company to sell and transfer to the United States its rights, privileges, properties and concessions as well as the Panama Railroad and all the shares or part of the shares of that company...
Page 134 - States shall have the right to make use of the towns and harbors of Panama and Colon as places of anchorage, and for making repairs, for loading, unloading, depositing, or transshipping cargoes either in transit or destined for the service of the Canal and for other works pertaining to the Canal.