Panama Canal: new pact soon
(N.Z.P.4.-ReuteT—Copyright) PANAMA CITY.
The special United States 1 Ambassador, Mr Ellsworth ■Bunker, has said that Washington hoped to negotiate a new treaty on the Panama 'Canal by the end of this year.
.But he added that there ■ was no strict time limit for reaching agreement on the Canal Zone, over which Panama is seeking full sovereignty. Mr Bunker was speaking at the Panama City airport i after three days of talks | with the Panamanian Foreign - Minister . (Mr Juan ■ Antonio Tack). It was Mr Bunkers second visit to Panama since the two nations signed an agreement on eight basic principles for a new treaty to replace the 1903 treaty, which gave the United States perpetual sovereign rights over the Canal Zone, i
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33577, 4 July 1974, Page 8
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