24 FEBRUARY 1978 BRIEFING OF SENATOR RICHARD STONE (D., FLA.) ON THE PREDICTED REACTION IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SHOULD THE U.S. SENATE NOT RATIFY THE PANAMA CANAL TREATIES

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• Publication Date: February 24, 1978
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD fV~
SUBJECT: 24 February 1978 Briefing of Senator Richard Stone
(D., Fla.) on the Predicted Reaction in Central
America and the Caribbean Should the U.S. Senate
Not Ratify the Panama Canal Treaties
24 February 1978
OLC 78-0782
1.1 , IOn 24 February 1978 Senator Richard Stone
was briefed on possible Caribbean and Central American
reactions in the event that the U.S. Senate did not ratify
the Panama Canal Treaties. The bTiefing took place in the
Senator's office (1327 Dirksen Senate Office Building) and
lasted fro m 0910 until 1020 hours, The briefing was not
monitored
No transcription .
2. In addition to the Senator, Gene Parvin and
Barry Sc t, both of the Senator's staff, attended the
briefing. Th
both of ORPA,, and
4. The bulk of the briefing session, which was
predominant y on a non-classified level, dealt with possible
reactions in Central America and the Caribbean in the event
that the U.S. Senate were to refuse to ratify the Panama Canal
Treaties. The sense of the area was that all countries would
prefer to see the treaties ratified, that non-ratification
would probably not significantly alter bilateral relationships
with the U.S., but that non-ratification would almost certainly
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