TERMS OF REFERENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00803R000400030050-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: July 23, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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Terms of Reference
,Consideration of the possible transfer of the U.S.
Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in the Canal zone shall.
include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. The impact of the U.S. military presence in the
Canal Zone on U.S. interests in Panama, and
particularly on our ability to negotiate a
mutually satisfactory Canal Treaty, or otherwise
reach an accommodation on the Canal issue;
2. A reassessment of the missions of SOUTHCOM in
light of current U.S. political and security
interests. This assessment should consider:
A. The diplomatic, military, and political
role and impact of the Command in Panama
.and Latin America, including reviews by
all appropriate, concerned Latin American
country teams;
B. If available, the impending SRG consid-
eration of interdepartmental response
to National Security Study Memorandum
173 of March 7, 1973;
C. The alternative recommendation to
disestablish SOUTHCOM, particularly as
previously addressed in
1) Deputy Secretary of Defense
Packard's recommendation to the
President of March 15, 1971, and
2) The Department of State (S/IG)
Inspection Report of the U.S.
Embassy in Panama of December 1972.
D. The impact of recent third nation
criticism of excessive U.S. military
presence in the Canal Zone.
3. The projected costs of transfer to an alternate
location or disestablishment of SOUTHCOM.
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