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...Gaulle apologizes for having suggested it. I am for raising living standards of the world by deep and judicious pruning of United States aid. I am for doing away with all military juntas except those we bring into power. > I am for the sovereignty of Panama in the Canal Zone under the American flag. I am for the stabilizing of all governments of South America while allowing full scope for the natural revolutionary fervor of the people. I am for treating Latin America as a whole, never forgetting for a moment that each of our Latin American neighbors is quite...
...efforts at quiet mediation had failed. Nor would any U.S. gesture of conciliation shake Panama's deter mination for a showdown over the canal. And so last week, the OAS unhappily voted 16-1, Chile alone dissenting, to invoke the Rio pact and formally investigate Panama's charge of U.S. aggression during last month's Canal Zone riots...
Bending a little, the U.S. last week assured Panama of a "full review and reconsideration" of the 1903 canal treaty as soon as diplomatic relations between the two countries are restored...
Though many Latin American diplomats sympathize with Panama's desire for a new canal treaty, the prospect of a drawn-out OAS squabble dismays them. A U.S. official called the aggression charge "preposterous," and Panama has virtually no chance of getting the two-thirds vote necessary for any OAS sanctions. Rather than that, diplomats sought, as a next step, to send an investigating committee to Panama to study the charges. Nevertheless, the Panamanians seem determined to press on with the fight...
With the May 10 presidential elections in Panama drawing ever closer, the canal is the campaign's No. 1 issue. While President Roberto F. Chiari is constitutionally prohibited from running again, he does not dare take a soft line for fear of lessening his party's chances. Ambassador Moreno is an opposition candidate himself-and his fire-breathing OAS speech drew loud cheers back home that could not be ignored by the six other candidates. As one irate Latin American diplomat put it in Washington last week: "The Panamanians are running their campaign in the halls...