Even though Ford had bigger issues to deal with:
"Inflation, relations with the Soviet Union, and most of all what to do about Nixon's desire for a pardon.", he continued the negotiations made during the Nixon years.
Source: Panama Odyssey by William Jordan
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Adam Clymer: "Why did Gerald Ford believe that a new treaty was necessary"
Source: "The Panama Canal and the Reagan Revolution." The State of Things. North Carolina Public Radio: WUNC 91.5 15th May, 2008
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 Source: WH National Security Council Meeting , July 1975 |
Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan face off over the Panama Canal
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"Ronald Reagan’s attack on the treaty negotiations under Gerald Ford allowed him to mount a credible primary challenge to a sitting Republican president in 1976, thus setting the stage for Reagan’s victorious presidential campaign in 1980." - David Skidmore's analysis of Adam Clymer's book Drawing the line at the big ditch. |
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