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On the recordDecember 17, 1964
The canal is growing old, and so are the treaties for its management, which go back to 1903.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks on the Decision To Build a Sea Level Canal and To Negotiate a New Treaty With Panama

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