File No. 763.72/3729

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Panama ( Price )

[Telegram]

Your April 7, 10 p.m. Inform Government of Panama that action of President in issuing proclamation of cooperation with the United States against any hostile acts in Panama affecting this Government is viewed with great satisfaction. You may say further that the President has expressed his personal gratification at this spontaneous action on the part of Panama in allying itself with the Government of the United States in the protection of independence and justice for the Americas and accepts this action as an additional token of the steadfast friendship already existing between our two Republics.

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