SUMMARY
TO UNDERLINE FACT THAT FOR THE GOP THE CONSULTATIONS WITH US
NEGOTIATORS CONCERNING NEE AIR ROUTES UNDER THE 1949 AIR TRANSPORT
AGREEMENT ARE IMPORTANT AND ARE BEING HANDLED AS A POLITICAL
QUESTION WITHIN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF US-PANAMANIAN RELATIONS,
A FRONT-PAGE ARTICLE, AND A FEATURE EDITORIAL, BOTH OBVIOUSLY
INSPIRED BY THE GOP, CONCERNING THE CIVAIR TALKS HAVE BEEN
PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL PRESS SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE U.S.
CIVAIR NEGOTIATING TEAM. MODERATE IN TONE, THE ARTICLES HAVE
PLACED IN CONTRAST THE EXTENSIVE RIGHTS THAT THE U.S. HAS
ENJOYED UNDER THE 1949 AGREEMENT WITH THE LIMITED BENEFITS
PANAMA HAS RECEIVED. ALTHOUGH THE ARTICLES EXPRESS OPTIMISM
THAT PANAMA'S "MODEST" REQUEST WILL BE GRANTED, THEY MAKE CLEAR
PANAMA'S VIEW THAT THE 1949 AGREEMENT IS ONE-SIDED AND THAT A
FAILURE BY THE U.S. TO READJUST THE BALANCE SOMEWHAT COULD GIVE
RISE TO ANOTHER SOURCE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN TTHE TWO COUNTRIES.
THUS, THE GOP IS EMPHASIZING THE USG THE MESSAGE TRANSMITTED
BY FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL CARLOS GARAY THAT GOP LOOKS
UPON CIVAIR TALKS AS PART OF BROADER POLITICAL RELATIONSHI
WITH US (SEPARATE TELEGRAM IS BEING SENT ON GARAY'S REPRESEN-
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02 PANAMA 07027 102320Z
TATION).
END SUMMARY.
1. LA ESTRELLA PUBLISHED A FRONT-PAGE ARTICLE DECEMBER 2 UNDER
THE CAPTION: "PANAMA HOPES TO OBTAIN THE ROUTE TO LOS ANGELES" AND
IN WHICH THE NOVEMBER 25-27 TALKS BETWEEN U.S. AND PANAMANIAN
NEGOTIATORS WERE DESCRIBED IN A LOW-KEY MANNER. THE ARTICLE
INDICATED THAT THE TALKS WOULD BE RESUMED IN WASHINGTON "NOT
LATER THAN DECEMBER 16."
PANAMA'S REQUEST FOR AN AIR ROUTE WITH FULL TRAFFIC RIGHTS FROM
PANAMA VIA MEXICO CITY TO LOS ANGELES AND RETURN WAS PROTRAYED
AS A MODEST ONE AND AS A STEP TOWARD THE "EFFECTIVE RECIPROCITY
WHICH SHOULD PREVAIL IN THE AERONAUTICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
TWO COUNTRIES". U.S. AIRLINES, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE,
ENJOYED ABSOLUTE AND TOTAL TRAFFIC RIGHTS UNDER PLAN 1 OF
THE ANNEX TO THE 1949 AGREEMENT WHICH PERMITTED US AIRLINES
TO OPERATE TO AND FROM PANAMA WITH RIGHTS OF THIRD, FOURTH,
FIFTH AND SIXTH LIBERTIES TO ALL POINTS OF BOTH HEMISPHERES.
THUS PANAMA HAD GRANTED TO US AIRLINES UNIQUE PRIVILEGES IN
THE FIELD OF AIR TRANSPORT.
2. PANAMA'S RIGHTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, WERE DESCRIBED AS
EXCESSIVELY LIMITED, EVEN IF ONE REFERS ONLY TO THE RIGHTS
WHICH ARE INDISPENSABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS DESIGNATED
AIRLINE. PANAMA FOUND ITSELF AT A "NOTORIOUS DISADVANTAGE" IN
COMPETING WITH OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES WHICH HAD OBTAINED
FROM THE US BROADER AND MORE SIGNIFICANT RIGHTS FOR THEIR AIRLINES
THAN HAD PANAMA. THIS REFLECTED A DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDE,
ALLEGED THE ARTICLE, BY THE U.S. IN ITS AERONAUTIC
RELATIONS WITH PANAMA. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDED WITH OPTIMISTIC
SPECULATION THAT WHEN THE NEGOTIATORS MEET AGAIN ON
DECEMBER 16 AFTER THE U.S. HAS CONSIDERED PANAMA'S REQUEST AND
ANALYZED THE BROAD BENEFITS THAT THE U.S. AND ITS AIRLINES
HAVE RECEIVED UNDER THE 1949 AGREEMENT, THE USG CANNOT BUT GIVE
AN AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER TO PANAMA - ONE WHICH TAKES INTO
CONSIDERATION THE POLITICAL ASPECTS AND THEREBY AVOIDS A BAD
SITUATION "WHICH COULD BECOME AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES."
3. ON DECEMBER 5 LA ESTRELLA'S FEATURE EDITORIAL WAS DEVOTED TO
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 03 PANAMA 07027 102320Z
THE AIR AGREEMENT. AGAIN THE TONE WAS OPTIMISTIC, EXPRESSING
PANAMA'S EXPECTATION THATIT WILL GET THE LOS ANGELES ROUTE AND
IT EXPECTS "THAT RECIPROCITY WHICH IS FUNDAMENTAL IN ANY KIND
OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS." AFTER REVIEWING THE CIRCUMSTANCES
AND AIR PANAMA'S NEED FOR THE ROUTE, THE EDITORIAL CONCLUDES
THAT THE FINAL DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON, "KEEPING IN MIND THESE
AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING POLITICAL ONES..."
WILL HAVE A SATISFACTORY RESULT.
4. COMMENT. PRESS COVERAGE OF THE CAPIAL AIR TALKS IS CLEARLY
INTENDED BY THE GOP TO RE-EMPHASIZE THE MESSAGE GIVEN TO EMBOFF
BY GARAY THAT GOP VIEWS ITS ROUTE REQUEST AS MODEST AND THAT
USG SHOULD CONSIDER IT WITHIN THE BROAD POLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE
OVERALL U.S.-PANAMANIAN RELATIONSHIP AS WELL AS IN THE
LIGHT OF THE RIGHTS THE USG AND U.S. AIRLINES ENJOY
UNDER THE 1949 AGREEMENT. THE PUBLIC AIRING OF PANAMA'S REQUEST
ALSO LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR A STRONG PUBLIC REACTION
SHOULD THE USG NOT GRANT PANAMA'S ROUTE REQUEST.
JORDEN
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
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ACTION EB-07
INFO OCT-01 ARA-06 ISO-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 INR-05 NSAE-00
PA-01 RSC-01 USIA-06 PRS-01 SP-02 CAB-02 COME-00
DOTE-00 FAA-00 L-02 /034 W
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FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA
TO ESCSTATE WASHDC 2518
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PANAMA 7027
EO 11652: N/A
TAGS: EAIR EC PN PFOR
SUBJ: PRESS COVERAGE OF CIVAIR NEGOTIATIONS
SUMMARY
TO UNDERLINE FACT THAT FOR THE GOP THE CONSULTATIONS WITH US
NEGOTIATORS CONCERNING NEE AIR ROUTES UNDER THE 1949 AIR TRANSPORT
AGREEMENT ARE IMPORTANT AND ARE BEING HANDLED AS A POLITICAL
QUESTION WITHIN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF US-PANAMANIAN RELATIONS,
A FRONT-PAGE ARTICLE, AND A FEATURE EDITORIAL, BOTH OBVIOUSLY
INSPIRED BY THE GOP, CONCERNING THE CIVAIR TALKS HAVE BEEN
PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL PRESS SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE U.S.
CIVAIR NEGOTIATING TEAM. MODERATE IN TONE, THE ARTICLES HAVE
PLACED IN CONTRAST THE EXTENSIVE RIGHTS THAT THE U.S. HAS
ENJOYED UNDER THE 1949 AGREEMENT WITH THE LIMITED BENEFITS
PANAMA HAS RECEIVED. ALTHOUGH THE ARTICLES EXPRESS OPTIMISM
THAT PANAMA'S "MODEST" REQUEST WILL BE GRANTED, THEY MAKE CLEAR
PANAMA'S VIEW THAT THE 1949 AGREEMENT IS ONE-SIDED AND THAT A
FAILURE BY THE U.S. TO READJUST THE BALANCE SOMEWHAT COULD GIVE
RISE TO ANOTHER SOURCE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN TTHE TWO COUNTRIES.
THUS, THE GOP IS EMPHASIZING THE USG THE MESSAGE TRANSMITTED
BY FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL CARLOS GARAY THAT GOP LOOKS
UPON CIVAIR TALKS AS PART OF BROADER POLITICAL RELATIONSHI
WITH US (SEPARATE TELEGRAM IS BEING SENT ON GARAY'S REPRESEN-
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02 PANAMA 07027 102320Z
TATION).
END SUMMARY.
1. LA ESTRELLA PUBLISHED A FRONT-PAGE ARTICLE DECEMBER 2 UNDER
THE CAPTION: "PANAMA HOPES TO OBTAIN THE ROUTE TO LOS ANGELES" AND
IN WHICH THE NOVEMBER 25-27 TALKS BETWEEN U.S. AND PANAMANIAN
NEGOTIATORS WERE DESCRIBED IN A LOW-KEY MANNER. THE ARTICLE
INDICATED THAT THE TALKS WOULD BE RESUMED IN WASHINGTON "NOT
LATER THAN DECEMBER 16."
PANAMA'S REQUEST FOR AN AIR ROUTE WITH FULL TRAFFIC RIGHTS FROM
PANAMA VIA MEXICO CITY TO LOS ANGELES AND RETURN WAS PROTRAYED
AS A MODEST ONE AND AS A STEP TOWARD THE "EFFECTIVE RECIPROCITY
WHICH SHOULD PREVAIL IN THE AERONAUTICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
TWO COUNTRIES". U.S. AIRLINES, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE,
ENJOYED ABSOLUTE AND TOTAL TRAFFIC RIGHTS UNDER PLAN 1 OF
THE ANNEX TO THE 1949 AGREEMENT WHICH PERMITTED US AIRLINES
TO OPERATE TO AND FROM PANAMA WITH RIGHTS OF THIRD, FOURTH,
FIFTH AND SIXTH LIBERTIES TO ALL POINTS OF BOTH HEMISPHERES.
THUS PANAMA HAD GRANTED TO US AIRLINES UNIQUE PRIVILEGES IN
THE FIELD OF AIR TRANSPORT.
2. PANAMA'S RIGHTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, WERE DESCRIBED AS
EXCESSIVELY LIMITED, EVEN IF ONE REFERS ONLY TO THE RIGHTS
WHICH ARE INDISPENSABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS DESIGNATED
AIRLINE. PANAMA FOUND ITSELF AT A "NOTORIOUS DISADVANTAGE" IN
COMPETING WITH OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES WHICH HAD OBTAINED
FROM THE US BROADER AND MORE SIGNIFICANT RIGHTS FOR THEIR AIRLINES
THAN HAD PANAMA. THIS REFLECTED A DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDE,
ALLEGED THE ARTICLE, BY THE U.S. IN ITS AERONAUTIC
RELATIONS WITH PANAMA. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDED WITH OPTIMISTIC
SPECULATION THAT WHEN THE NEGOTIATORS MEET AGAIN ON
DECEMBER 16 AFTER THE U.S. HAS CONSIDERED PANAMA'S REQUEST AND
ANALYZED THE BROAD BENEFITS THAT THE U.S. AND ITS AIRLINES
HAVE RECEIVED UNDER THE 1949 AGREEMENT, THE USG CANNOT BUT GIVE
AN AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER TO PANAMA - ONE WHICH TAKES INTO
CONSIDERATION THE POLITICAL ASPECTS AND THEREBY AVOIDS A BAD
SITUATION "WHICH COULD BECOME AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES."
3. ON DECEMBER 5 LA ESTRELLA'S FEATURE EDITORIAL WAS DEVOTED TO
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 03 PANAMA 07027 102320Z
THE AIR AGREEMENT. AGAIN THE TONE WAS OPTIMISTIC, EXPRESSING
PANAMA'S EXPECTATION THATIT WILL GET THE LOS ANGELES ROUTE AND
IT EXPECTS "THAT RECIPROCITY WHICH IS FUNDAMENTAL IN ANY KIND
OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS." AFTER REVIEWING THE CIRCUMSTANCES
AND AIR PANAMA'S NEED FOR THE ROUTE, THE EDITORIAL CONCLUDES
THAT THE FINAL DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON, "KEEPING IN MIND THESE
AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING POLITICAL ONES..."
WILL HAVE A SATISFACTORY RESULT.
4. COMMENT. PRESS COVERAGE OF THE CAPIAL AIR TALKS IS CLEARLY
INTENDED BY THE GOP TO RE-EMPHASIZE THE MESSAGE GIVEN TO EMBOFF
BY GARAY THAT GOP VIEWS ITS ROUTE REQUEST AS MODEST AND THAT
USG SHOULD CONSIDER IT WITHIN THE BROAD POLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE
OVERALL U.S.-PANAMANIAN RELATIONSHIP AS WELL AS IN THE
LIGHT OF THE RIGHTS THE USG AND U.S. AIRLINES ENJOY
UNDER THE 1949 AGREEMENT. THE PUBLIC AIRING OF PANAMA'S REQUEST
ALSO LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR A STRONG PUBLIC REACTION
SHOULD THE USG NOT GRANT PANAMA'S ROUTE REQUEST.
JORDEN
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
NNN
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Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Concepts: PRESS COMMENTS, CIVIL AVIATION, NEGOTIATIONS
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Draft Date: 10 DEC 1974
Decaption Date: 01 JAN 1960
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