INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [58 STAT.
53 Stat. 1871.
Section IV of the Convention signed by our Governments on March
2, 1936 can be improved in the construction proposed by Your Gov-
ernment in order to meet "such standards and specifications as the
United States may determine necessary for defense purposes," and
that the other articles of the Convention of 1936, referred to, shall
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continue in full force and effect, including the seventh, which stipulates
that both Panama and the United States shall have equally the
unrestricted use of the Trans-Isthmian Highway, subject only to the
laws and regulations in force in the respective jurisdictions on vehicular
traffic.
My Government appreciates at its full value this act of open
friendship and solidarity on the part of Your Excellency's illustrious
Government, which is destined to intensify and fortify, rendering still
firmer, the manifold spiritual, political and economic ties which hap-
pily bind our two countries, and which have always existed, beginning,
in truth, to be forged in the very commencement of our independent
life.
In harmony with that intention of establishing not only commercial
interchange but also a true spiritual understanding that may serve as
a firm basis for political and economic relations, my Government is
disposed and has decided, as I had the honor to state to His Excellency
President Roosevelt in my speech of presentation of my credentials
as Ambassador of Panama before his Government, to do everything
in its power to the end that "our relations may continue to develop,
let us say with confidence, translated into effective solidarity, harmony
and cooperation".
Furthermore, this highway will doubtless serve to strengthen the
capacity of our two Governments to cooperate reciprocally in an
effective manner in the defense of the great work of the Canal.
I request Your Excellency to accept the renewed homage of my
most distinguished consideration.
JORGE E. BOYD
Ambassador
His Excellency CORDELL HULL,
Secretary of State,
Washington, D.C.
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