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...situation worsens, the perception is growing in Panama that the U.S. joined battle with Noriega armed only with a firm conviction that the general would slink away on cue. At a secret meeting, Panamanian opposition leaders asked U.S. embassy officers to spell out their plans for dealing with Noriega. A U.S. official reiterated Washington's familiar posture: Noriega must leave Panama, with no guarantees that he will not be extradited to the U.S. from a third country. "Do you mean to tell us that the U.S. set off on this venture without considering the possibility that it wouldn't work...
...officials concede that they are divided over what course to pursue against Noriega, they reject charges of a policy vacuum. "We always envisioned continually escalating economic pressure," says a senior Administration official. "We have avoided doing anything dramatic because we don't want to cause permanent damage to the Panamanian economy." Yet as U.S. banks contemplate pulling out of Panama, pessimists fret that Panama's service economy is being ravaged beyond repair; optimists predict that it will take a decade to restore investors' confidence in the country. Grouses a Panamanian official: "The American strategy has all the subtlety...
Because the Panamanian movement against Noriega has widespread support from people of all economic classes and the present military regime is wearing down, Eisenman said, however, that the conditions are ripe for political change...
Eisenman, who has been in exile for the past two years, warned that he thinks the Panamanian unrest will escalate. "We are weeks away from a major crisis," Eisenman said...
...Eastern Air Lines, paid nearly $3 million in taxes and fees to Panama's cash- starved treasury. The firms said the payments were part of the normal course of business. The money temporarily relieved a financial squeeze that had grown severe since Washington froze some $50 million in Panamanian funds in the U.S last month. To prevent companies from easing Noriega's fiscal woes any further, the Administration belatedly asked U.S. firms to put future payments into an escrow account...