03/24/1942
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"We should be 'good neighbors.'"
"The Republic of Panama is recognized as entitled, as a sovereign Nation, to take advantage of the commercial opportunities inherent in its geographical situation."
"The Government of the United States would sympathetically consider any request which the Government of Panama might make for the solution by arbitration of any important question."
"The purpose of the Deposit Liquidation Division will be to stimulate and encourage liquidating agents of banks closed after January 1, 1933, to borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation."