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Now,the Administration sends aTHE MEANS\":supporter to the floor of the House to say that the cost to the U.S.PANAMAtaxpayers will be \"only\"$719 million,plus $650 million in propertytransfers,plus $2.8 billion costs to users of the Canal.And the  \ngovernment of Panama,questioned how it can handle the situation as its financial con-dition deteriorates,tells Congressman Bauman that \"we can raise the Canal tol1s 200to 300%.\"The $2.8 billion cost to users thus is a gross under-statement.  \nMeanwhile,President Carter told the Indiana Democrats Jefferson-JacksonDay Dinner that the United States is being immobilized by \"fear of being misled.\"Hefailed to mention that it is his administration that is doing the misleading which hasprompted this fear.  \nEight of the senators who voted for the treaties having been defeated intheir 1978 re-election bids,and two-thirds of the senators who voted for the treatiesbeing up for re-election in 1980 or 1982,further immobilization must inevitably be inprospect as implementation of the falsehoods goes to the floor of the House.  \n(2)To assure the overthrow of the Nicaraguan regime,a \"little\"thinglike the rule of law in the United States was considered an easy sacri-fice.Thus,the transfer of M14 rifles in contradiction to U.S.law,a clear violation of the Arms Export Control Act,was permitted andthe Congress later presented with a fait accompli to rubber-stamp.  \nEven the end may have been poorly conceived if as seems likely weshall have installed a tyranny as intolerant and inhumane as the powerthat provoked it,and created an anti-American force as wel1.  \n(3)To win the \"friendship\"of the Panamanian dictatorship as an \"end\",before the two-vote victory for the Treaties it had been consideredsuitable \"means\"to protect Panamanian officials from revelation oftheir participation in the drug traffic and to soft-pedal human rightsviolations which in the case of our traditional friends we had chosento highlight as cause for what President Carter labelled a shift inour friendships(Brazil).The inconsistency was a \"cost\"to be bornebecause the end justifies the means.  \nAnd it continues:  \nAs letters went out asking Administration officials to testify regard-ing Panamanian cooperation with the terrorists in Central America,the chairman of theHouse Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries reminded them that \"throughout theentire period of terrorist activity in Nicaragua it has been known that the Panamaniangovernment,Panamanian nationals and Panamanian commercial and military eqipment,e.g.aircraft,have been utilized in the smuggling of guns and ammunitio","cbCairXqxXZxaV5Y","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairXqxXZxaV5Y","pdf",1309137,"English","# Examine the course of policy:\n## (1) To clear the Panama Canal Treaties\n## (2) To assure the overthrow of the Nicaraguan regime\n## (3) To win the “friendship” of the Panamanian dictatorship\n## (4) For Chile","[{\"question\":\"What overarching principle does the letter use to frame policy decisions?\",\"answer\":\"The letter frames U.S. actions around the principle that “the end justifies the means,” and evaluates how the chosen means can determine the end.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the letter criticize the U.S. handling of the Panama Canal Treaties?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that departures from the truth were treated as acceptable and challenges official cost estimates, including costs to taxpayers and users of the Canal.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the letter claim about arms transfers and legal violations in the Nicaragua context?\",\"answer\":\"It states that rifle transfers in contradiction to U.S. law were permitted and that the Congress was later asked to rubber-stamp the outcome.\"}]","HANSON’S LATIN AMERICAN LETTER -  Number 1787 - Examine the course of policy | PDF",1789962928,13]