Fear of Communism
Opponents:
"I would fear if the Canal gets in the hands of Panama, after several years it would end up in the hands of the Communits. I think that's very dangerous, we cannot take the chance. We must protect the security of the U.S. and the free world" - Republican Strom Thurmond (Source: PBS: The Mac Neil/Lehrer Report -- August 17, 1977)
"Others saw dangers of a communist take over in Central America"- (Robert A. Strong, Jimmy Carter and the Panama Canal Treaties)
"The present and potential influence of Cuba on Panama and the growing influence of the Soviet Union in the Caribbean" -Hans G. Kausch, The World Today, Vol. 34, No. 11 (Nov., 1978).
"to abandon the waterway was to invite a communist takeover" - The Limits of Victory, George D. Moffett
"Others saw dangers of a communist take over in Central America"- (Robert A. Strong, Jimmy Carter and the Panama Canal Treaties)
"The present and potential influence of Cuba on Panama and the growing influence of the Soviet Union in the Caribbean" -Hans G. Kausch, The World Today, Vol. 34, No. 11 (Nov., 1978).
"to abandon the waterway was to invite a communist takeover" - The Limits of Victory, George D. Moffett
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