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".....the activities of Hutchison/Whampoa should have been disturbing. The alarm bells were sounded in two congressional aides' candid assessment of Chinese activities in Panama. Based on a fact-finding tour of Panama, Al Santoli, an aide to Representative Dana Rohrabacher, and Jim Doran, an aide to Senator Jesse Helms, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, concluded that U. S. national security is at risk in the canal."

The China Threat
Bill Gertz
pg. 93

[ChaseR]

"The Panama Canal, the last administration let the Chinese, the Communist Chinese, through bribery, tremendously expand
its power in Panama and, through bribery, let it get control of the port facilities at both ends of the Panama Canal."

"Rohrabacher Slams U.S. Aid to China"
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Thursday, April 26, 2001

WE HAVE MADE A MONSTROUS MISTAKE!!

[ChaseR]

"I think the Chinese purpose in using bribery and corrupt methods to win the bidding for the contract on managing the ports at both ends of the Panama Canal has both a geopolitical and a commercial purpose. Geopolitically, China sees its location in Panama as a place where it can establish a base of influence in a small country, using political and commercial means, where it can work closely with its new ally Cuba to help those who oppose the United States in Latin America, and where it might also be able to position weapons such as medium-range missiles that potentially could be used to threaten the United States in times of crisis, or times of the choosing of the Chinese regime."

The China Threat Bill Gertz
pg. 93-94