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...backing the Nationalist government on Taiwan, for example, the U.S. has frequently ordered the Seventh Fleet to steam up and down the Strait of Taiwan near the Chinese mainland and has alerted Air Force bombers based in Japan and Taiwan. In 1959 Cuban-backed insurgents who had landed in Panama to overthrow the government were intimidated into retreating when a U.S. destroyer and minesweeper and patrol planes appeared off the Panamanian coast...
Efforts to prevent spills seem to be equally ineffective. The U.S. is doing a decent job of regulating American flagships, mandating such things as crew qualifications and training, navigational and safety equipment. But it has done little to regulate foreign ships, many of which are registered in Liberia and Panama to avoid U.S. or European taxes, wage scales and expensive?hence profit-cutting?regulations on crews and equipment. Liberia, which has no natural harbor, has the world's largest tanker tonnage?with some of its ships American-owned. Such ships and their crews frequently fail to meet adequate safety standards...
...Prompt reopening of the stalled negotiations with Panama and a clear explanation to the American people of the "highest priority" for a "new and equitable treaty" on control of the canal. Viewing it as "no longer vital," the commission favors an agreement yielding full jurisdiction of the zone to Panama...
...three administrations, Vance offered a proven diplomatic skill and a low-key professional style. The most frequent adjectives appearing in newspaper descriptions of Vance are "realistic", "cautious", "self-effacing", "a good manager", a "brilliant technocrat", "incredibly loyal". He has earned credentials for negotiating time and again, in Korea, Panama and Cyprus...
...time that is opening up in which it is possible to make real progress. We ought to be prepared to assist within that time and help bring about meaningful negotiations." In addition, he said, the Carter Administration will give immediate attention to negotiating a new canal treaty with Panama. (Carter has said he would be willing to "share more fully the responsibilities" for the canal with Panama but would "never give up complete control or practical control of the Panama Canal Zone.") Vance also hopes to move ahead on normalization of relations with Communist China...