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On the recordJanuary 16, 1978
It would be a severe blow, not only to the Panamanian people but to the American people as well.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Panama Canal Treaties Question-and-Answer Session by Telephone With Participants in a Townhall Meeting on the Treaties in...

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