File No. 819.74/62.
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No. 265.]
American Legation,
Panama,
September 2, 1914.
Sir: Referring to my telegram of date of
August 29, which reported the signing by the President of Panama on that
date of a satisfactory decree conceding permanent and complete control
to the United States of the radio telegraph situation in the territory
and territorial waters of Panama, I have the honor to enclose herewith a
certified copy of said decree (being No. 130 of 1914) and its
translation.
On last Monday I transmitted a note to Sr. Lefevre, Secretary of Foreign
Affairs of Panama, expressing to him and through him to his Government
gratification and appreciation for this action on the part of
Panama.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure—Translation.]
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Decree Number 130 of 1914, by which an
authorization is ceded to the United States of America for the
control of radio-telegraphic communication.
The President of the Republic in the exercise of his legal powers,
and considering:
That by the terms of the Bunau-Varilla-Hay Treaty the Republic of
Panama is obliged to assist the United States by all necessary and
suitable measures for the conservation, protection and defense of
the Interoceanic Canal constructed across the Isthmus;
That the said Government considers it indispensable to this end that
it shall assume from now on permanent and complete control of the
wireless telegraphic stations, fixed and movable, in all the
territory and territorial waters of the Republic of Panama; and
That it is to the interest and for the safety of the Republic of
Panama that wireless communication be controlled and regulated by
the nation which by a solemn pact has guaranteed its
independence;
It is decreed: From this date the
radio-telegraphic stations fixed and movable and everything relating
to wireless communications in the territory and territorial waters
of Panama shall be under the complete and permanent control of the
United States of America; and to attain that end said Government
will take the measures which it deems necessary.
Let it be communicated and published.
Done at Panama this 29th day of August nineteen hundred and
fourteen.
The Secretary of Government and Justice,
Juan B. Sosa.
