PANAMA CANAL ISSUE FLARES ANEW - Herbert W Armstrong - April 1975

Herbert W Armstrong

Test of U.S. Resolve Say Opponents of New Treaty If the United States Seriate gives the green light, a State Department engineered treaty will give the Panamanian government effective control over the strategic Panama Canal. Under the proposed treaty, as explained to the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on February 28 by a high State Department official, Panama would "accept" a continued United States military presence in the Canal Zone for an unspecified length of time in return for "prompt" termination of American sovereignty over the 500-square-mile zone. Actual management of the waterway itself would remain with the United States, but there would be an increasing Panamanian presence in the management. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library