NEUTRALITY TREATY


 ARTICLE IH
 The Republic of Panama declares the neutrality of the
 Canal in order that both in time of peace and in time of war it shall remain secure and open to peaceful transit by the vessels of all nations on terms of entire equality, so that there will be no discrimination against any nation, or its citizens or- subjects, concerning the conditions or charges of transit, or for any other reason, and so that the Canal, and therefore the Isthmus of Panama, shall not be the target of reprisals in any armed conflict between other nations of the world.
 Trhe foregoing shall be subject to the following requirements:
 (a) Payment of toils and other charges for transit and
 ancillary services, provided they have been fixed in conformity with the provisions of Article 11 (c) ;
 (b) Compliance with applicable rules and regulations,
 provided such rules and regulations are applied in conformity with the provisions of Article III;
 (c) The requirement that transiting vessels commit
 no acts of hostility while in the Canal; and
 (d) Such other conditions and restrictions as are established by this Treaty.

Pr-oposed amendment to Article II
 Unprinted Amendment No. 4 (Helms), March 7, 1978 (Congressioned Record, S 31139) -Tabled .58-36.
 Sumimary.-Provided that the United States could maintain the Galeta Island Base, a naval communications facility in the Canal Zone area, after 1999, notwithstanding the provisions of Article I of the Panama Canal Treaty and Article V of the Neutrality Treaty.
 Text.-At the end of article 1I, add the following:
 "Notwithstanding the provisions of article I of the Panama Canal Treaty and article V of this Treaty, the United States of America may maintain, under the provisions of the Isthmian Canal Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, Signed at Washington on November 18, 1903", and of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, signed at W ashington on March 2, 1936, and of the Treaty of Mutual Understanding and Cooperation and the related Memorandum of Understandings Reached, signed at Panama on January 25, 1955, between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, the Galeta Island Base, the exact boundaries of which shall be determined by the Joint Committee established in Article III of the Agreement in Implementation of Article IV of the Panama Canal Treaty, excluding the area known as Old France Field as incorporated into the Colon Free Zone, but which shall include such (360)