Panama Canal, 1975, Part 4

The Inter-American Relationship * Reprint from <5 The DEPARTMENT of STATE BULLETIN ~ ~ §I SI'~TES O~ ~ Reprinted from The Department of State Bulletins of Octo ber 29, 1973; February 25, 1974; March 18, 1974; April 29, 1974; and May 13, 1974. The Bulletin, the official record of U.S. foreign policy, is published weekly and is available for subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, at $29.80 a year, domestic. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 70 cents Contents Page A Western Hemisphere Relationship of Cooperation Toast by Secretary Kissinger, October 5, 1973 1 U.S. and Panama Agree on Principles for Negotiation of New Panama Canal Treaty Address by Secretary Kissinger, February 7, 1974 2 Text of Joint Statement, February 7,1974 5 Countries of the Americas Endorse Continued Dialogue in Conference of Tlatelolco Statement by Secretary Kissinger, February 21, 1974 6 Text of Declaration Tlatelolco, February 24, 1974 11 Panama and the United States: A Design for Partnership Address by Ambassador Bunker, March 19, 1974 14 President Nixon Honors Foreign Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean Exchange of Toasts between President Nixon and Foreign Minister Sapena, April 17, 1974 18 Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Ministers Meet at Washington Remarks by Assistant Secretary Kubisch, April 18, 1974 24 Text of Communique, April 18, 1974 26 Secretary Kissinger Outlines Good-Partner Policy Before the OAS General Assembly, April 19 and 20, 1974 27 - i - Shortly after assuming office in September 1973, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger called for "a new dialogue with our friends in the Americas." This Bulletin Reprint contains a collection of the significant policy pronouncements made since the Secretary, in October 1973, hosted a luncheon honoring the chiefs of the Latin American delegations to the U.N. General Assembly. A Western Hemisphere Relationship of Cooperation Toast by Secretary Kissinger 1 Throughout much of our history, indeed throughout much of this administration, we President Benites [Leopoldo Benites, of used to believe with respect to agriculture, Ecuador, President of the 28th U.N. General for example, that our primary problem was Assembly], Excellencies, ladies and gentle how to get rid of seemingly inexhaustible men: There is a story of an Englishman who surpluses. We have now learned that we visited Sweden, and when he was going share the world's problem: how to allocate through passport control, he was confronted scarce food resources in relation to world with two lines. One was marked for Swedes; needs. the other one was marked for foreigners. When I came to Washington, the discus After a while an official came by and found sions with respect to energy concerned means him sitting between these two lines. And the of restricting production and allocating it official said, "Sir, will you please go into one among various allies. Today the problem is line or the other?" And he said, "That's just to find energy sources around the world that my problem. I am not a Swede, and I am ob can meet world needs. viously not a foreigner." [Laughter.] So we in this country are going through a I think that story is symbolic of our meet revolution of sorts, and the whole world is ing today. We obviously do not belong all to undergoing a revolution in its patterns. one country, but we obviously are also not And the basic problem we face is whether foreigners in this room. we will choose the road of nationalism or the I am grateful that you came and for this road · of cooperation, whether we will ap opportunity to tell you that we are serious proach it from the perspective of each party about starting a new dialogue with our trying to get the maximum benefit for itself, friends in the Americas. or whether we can take a common view based As we look back at the history of the rela on our common needs. And this is why our tionships of the United States to its neigh relations in this hemisphere are so crucial bors to the south, it has been characterized for all of us in this room and for all the rest by alternating periods of what some of you of the world as well. We in this room, with. have considered intervention with periods of all the ups and downs in our relationships, neglect. share a common history and similar values. We are proposing to you a friendship based and many similar experiences. The value of on equality and on respect for mutual human dignity is nowhere better understood dignity. than in the countries of our friends to the And such a relationship is needed for all south of us. of us, and I believe it is needed also for the So if the technically advanced nations can rest of the world. ever cooperate with the developing nations, In the United States in the last decade, if people with similar aspirations can ever we have experienced many dramatic changes. achieve common goals, then it must start here Throughout most of our history we could in the Western Hemisphere. overpower most of our foreign policy prob We in the United States will approach this lems, and we could also substitute resources dialogue with an open mind. We do not be for thought. Today, without understanding, lieve that any institution or any treaty ar we can do very little. rangement is beyond examination. We want to see whether free peoples, emphasizing and 1 Given at a luncheon hosted by Secretary Kis respecting their diversity but united by sim singer at the Center for Inter-American Relations at New York on Oct. 5 honoring Latin American ilar aspirations and values, can achieve great delegations to the U.N. General Assembly. goals on the basis of equality. 1 So we are starting an urgent examination And so as we form bUr policy, I would of our Western Hemisphere policy within our like to invite your suggestions, whatever government. But such a policy makes no form you think appropriate, as groups or sense if it is a U.S. prescription handed over subgroups or individual nations. to Latin Americans for your acceptance or And when our final policy emerges, we will rejection. It shouldn't be a policy designed all have a sense that we all had a share in in Washington for Latin America. should It its making, and we will all have a stake in be a policy designed by all of Latin America maintaining it. for the Americas. And so as we examine our own policy, So, President Benites and Excellencies, we must also ask for your help. We know I would like to propose a toast to what can that there isn't one Latin America, but many be an adventure of free peoples working to different countries. We know also that there gether to establish a new relationship that are certain subregional groupings. But it can be an example to many other nations. isn't for us to say with whom to conduct the I would like to propose a toast to Western dialogue. That has to come from our guests Hemisphere relationships, to our distin here in this room. guished guest of honor, President Benites. u.s. and Panama Agree on Principles for Negotiation of New Panama Canal Treaty On February 7 at Panama, Secretary Kis -a history which has profoundly changed singer and J'uan Antonio Tack, Minister of the course of human affairs. Four centuries Foreign Affairs of Panama, initialed a joint ago the conquistadors landed here bringing statement of pri:rwiples for negotiation of a faith and taking booty. They were represen new Panama Canal treaty. Following is an tatives of the traditional style and use of address made by Secretary Kissinger at the power. Seventy years ago, when the Panama ceremony, together with the text of the joint Canal was begun, strength and influence re statement. mained the foundations of world order. Today we live in a profoundly transformed environment. Among the many revolutions ADDRESS BY SECRETARY KISSINGER of our time none is more significant than the change jn the nature of world order. Power Press release 42 dated February 7 has grown so monstrous that it defies calcu We meet here today to embark upon a new lation; the quest for justice has become uni adventure together. Our purpose is to begin versal. A stable world cannot be imposed by replacing an old treaty and to move toward force; it must derive from consensus. Man a new relationship. What we sign today, kind can achieve community only on the basis hopefully, marks as well the advent of a new of shared aspirations. era in the history of our hemisphere and This is why the meeting today between thus makes a major contribution to the struc representatives of the most powerful nation ture of world peace. of the Western Hemisphere and one of the Meeting as we do on this isthmus which smallest holds great significance. In the past links North with South and Atlantic with our negotiation would have been determined Pacific, we cannot but be conscious of history by relative strength. Today we have come 2 together in an act of conciliation. We recog Omar Torrijos, Head of Government of Pan nize that no agreement can endure unless the ama] has said, a "philosophy of understand parties to it want to maintain it. Participa ing." Sacrificing neither interest nor self tion in partnership is far preferable to reluc respect, Panama and the United States have tant acquiescence.

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