JOHNSON SENDS MANN TO CANAL, PHONES CHIARI

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500150012-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 10, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN

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Mr. Mann, only recently ST T
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of State for Inter-American After that meeting,
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Mr. Johnson, officials said, to "He.
has ordered the assistant
make a maximum effort to-Secretary of State, Mr. Mann,
Presidents Agree the ascetain the ractivities in facts
anirr Zoneoceed at once to the Canal
Panama about
Violence in Zone the Canal Zone that led t:o the "The tir,ited States 'Govern.
clashes between, Pananmaniansn1e,1t grea.t]y regrets the tracic
Must Be Stopped and United States Army forces.l0ss of life of Pananlanlan, ;::?d
By GARNETT D. HORNER 'American officials on the'An]ericans? erat of Louisiana, were. 1:1-
Star S(aff Writer spot in the Canal Zone h, d "The President has given clulyd tO place the ma.ior.
President Johnson today sent similar instructions from thc~unost earnest instructions to share of blame on American
Assistant -Secretary of StatePresicicnt, White House snuc?c:esGcn. O'Meara 'commander ofist?udents, for. viol.,!' an
Thomas C. Mann, his top Latin,said the activities in Panarnathe southern command) to do am'eetnent under whic.ll the
American trouble shooter, to.and the Canal Zone remaiilal] that Is within his power to Panamanian flag was to fly
Panama and appealed to Amer-
unclear despite a flow of Info.-restore and to maintain peace Wherever the United States flag
!cans In the Canal Zone to'mation from press reports. ' and safety in the Canal Zone. was flown in the Canai Zone.
help restore peace. Those flying with Mr. Mann "The President has noted: Both expressed hope an
The President also talked by to Panama on President john-President Chiari's appeal to the'aml"able settlement. could be
telephone for 15 minutes with son's orders Included Secretarycitizcns of Panama to join in"reached.
Fa)7ama)]iau President Roberto' the Army Cyrus Vance, inihe. r'cstoraLion of peace and "There's plenty of room in.
Chinni. his capacity as the leading; the, President is making a;Panama for both the American
White. 1-louse Press Secretary officer of the United . Statessimilei appeal to the residcntsflag and the Panamanian flag,"
Pierre Salin~'er reported that of 1he Canal 'Lone. Senator Humphrey told w
the two Presidents "agreed that Government responsible for "The path to a settlement r eporter, "I only hope we can
there had to be a stop to the operation of- the Canal Zoe.: can only be throtc h peace and come to an understanding at
violence" in the Canal Zone. Edwin Martin, Mr. Mann?,junderstanding aild not through once."
Mr. Johnson also gave "most predecessor as Assistant Secre~ violence." 15-itllnute Talk
earnest instructions" to Gen,,tar?y of State for Inter-Amcri. Committee Meets Mr. Johnson talked with
Andrew O'Meara ,. directing
'United States military opera_,can affairs who has been desig; On Capitol Hill, meanwhile,~Presidcnt Chiari from about
tions in the Canal Zone, "to donated Ambassador to .Argcnti,Senator Morse, Democrat of 11:35 I.M. to 11:50 a.m. Ivtr.
:Johrn'"'r1 spoke in English. The
all that is within his power tona, and Ralph Dungan, spccia;Oregon, called a meeting of the Pana
restore and to maintain peace assistant to the President whiScnate Subcommittee on Amer- manian President spoke
and safety in the Canal Zone.":has specialized in Latin Ameri?ican Republics to receive in Spanish. Their remarks were
a?~
briefing from the State Depart - ;u]tcrprci.ed by Army Lt. Col;
After Meeting can affairs. Arthur Mourn, who sat in the
Besides the -of~tciais, flying tcrnerlt on the situation. Senator President's office here on an'
These actions Were an- Panama., thnse_ who met._.witjMOrse is chairman of the extension telephone.
pounced after a 90-minute the President at the WhitcsubcommiI,tee but tic invited all Mr: Salim.
meeting al; the White House ;lloi5e this 'morninr on thimembers of the Foreign Rela-( Feu said President
between the President and hls,Panama: crisis included Secretions Committee to attend. Johnson informed President"
senior diplomatic and militaryltary of State Rusk, Secret,,,,.: Representative Selden, Dem- Chiari that he was sending!
advisers., , ,~Ir, Mann to the one.
Canal z
of Defense McNamara; Underncrat af'Alabama, chairman of The President was kept in-
A White House statement isecretary . of State George Wthe House Subcommittee On formed of the development,' irr
said "the United. States Gov-!Ball, Undersecretary of thdnter-American Affairs, qucs-\Panama last night was talking;
ernmcnt greatly regrets the Army Stephen, Ailes, McGeorg(tioncd whether the rioting was by telephone with Mr. Mann
tragic loss of life of Panamanl- Bundy, special assistant to thi?spontancous. until, he went to bed after mi
ans and Americans." ;President for national securit; "It appears to me that this 'light. d
Mr.. Mann and P. group of!affairs, and John A. McContr'agic incident, serving as it He was up again about 6:50!
other American officials took !director of tie `Ceiita?al Intellirtoes the ulterior purposes ofa..m, and from then on until!
off by jet plane from Andrews; gence Agency: the Castro-Communist move-tile conference with his ad_;
Air Force Base this afternoon.' ment In; Latin America, hasvisers again at 9:30 a.m. re
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ey were scheduled to arrive,
in Panama about .7 d'clock,'
tonight.
affairs and a special assistant Salinger' read to newsmen
t tl P follnwin^ Mat )
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Mr?
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nent,
a,,A, ?) -? - ? 0 7e, resident, is eapccted to - " "
u. ` :.) C vu p, confer with President Chiari. The President, has tl1i.
imornin' reviewed the situation
To Ascertain Facts ti
been, deliberately c6ntrived'0e
ved frequent telephone re-i
both to embarrass and to testports from All'. Mann and Mr.
the new Johnson adman-,Bundy,
stration's policy in that area,'! During the night, the Presi_
ksaid, dent sent Mr. Dungan to the
F'egtai;on, where he operated
Blame U. S. Students in the Pentagon war room ash
However, Assistant, Senatc;tir.arMannrworkeq dui ngLit
Majority Leader Humphreynight in the State Departmen
and Senator . Ellender, Demotoporations room.
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