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Teddy Roosevelt: “The Government of the Republic of Panama shall have the right to transport over the canal its vessels and its troops and…”

On the recordDecember 6, 1903
The Government of the Republic of Panama shall have the right to transport over the canal its vessels and its troops and munitions of war in such vessels at all times without paying charges of any kind.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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