Word: waterway
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...interests might be placed "in severe jeopardy" some day by the development of a "Torrijos-Castro-Moscow axis." Another retired admiral, former Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt, called the canal a "colonialist anachronism" and praised the treaties as "an important step" in assuring U.S. access to the waterway...
Defense Secretary Brown argued that "the canal was built for shipping, not slogans," and that "theoretical claims of title" to the waterway were irrelevant...
Privately, some Latin Americans have expressed uneasiness that Panama will be gaining control of the canal; much of their trade depends on the waterway which they do not want to see shut down because of political instability or mismanagement. Despite the Latin leaders' public messages of unwavering, unambiguous support of the canal pacts, one visiting foreign minister fretted: "I hope that Jeemy Carter has not gotten himself to far out on a limb on our behalf...
...nothing to Carter, and in some cases are hostile. Where the President needs the most strength, he is the weakest. John Sparkman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is 77 and too exhausted to lead the forces for the Panama Canal Treaty, which would relinquish control of the waterway to Panama by the year 2000. Other members of the committee may also not have the stomach for the fight...
...face of growing opposition might be more of a threat to U.S. security than gradually ceding control. "This thing is terribly explosive," says a high Administration source. "If the treaty is rejected, we'll confront a bloody mess in Panama, and elsewhere." It is generally conceded that the waterway is basically indefensible. Determined guerrillas could close it down for an indefinite period by lobbing a few hand grenades into lock machinery. Says a top British military expert: "The whole history of the years of decolonization since 1945 has shown that however big the army you deploy, you cannot win against...