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PUBLIC LAW 100-180—DEC. 4, 1987

(1) Cease all economic and military assistance provided to the Government of Panama under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, other than assistance to meet immediate humanitarian concerns. (2) Suspend all shipments of military equipment (including spare parts for military equipment) to the Government of Panama or to any of its agencies or institutions. (3) Reassess whether the United States should terminate the importation into the United States of sugar, syrup, and molas^^^ produced in Panama and reallocate among other foreign countries the quantities of such products that otherwise would be imported from Panama. (c) CONDITIONS.—It is further the sense of Congress that the United States should take the actions described in subsection (b) unless, within 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) the Government of Panama has demonstrated substantial progress in the effort to assure civilian control of the armed forces and that the Panama Defense Forces and its leaders have been removed from nonmilitary activities and institutions; (2) the Government of P a n a m a has established a n independe n t investigation into allegations of illegal actions by m e m b e r s of the P a n a m a Defense Forces; (3) ^ n o n m i l i t a r y t r a n s i t i o n a l government is in power; and

(4) all constitutional guarantees, including freedom of the press, have been restored to the people of Panama. SEC. 1404. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA AND JAPANESE TRADE WITH VIETNAM

• (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) during the nine years since Vietnam invaded Cambodia in late 1978, most Western countries have pledged to maintain an embargo on trade with and developmental aid to Vietnam until Vietnamese troops are withdrawn from Cambodia; (2) Japan joined in this embargo by freezing approximately $135,000,000 in grants and concessionary loans to Vietnam and
 * reducing trade levels with Vietnam from $220,000,000 in 1978 to

$120,000,000 the following year; (3) despite the fact that 140,000 Vietnamese troops continue to occupy Cambodia, Japan's economic ties with Vietnam have grown steadily since 1982, reaching a current annual trade level .,-. f of $230,000,000; ...,.,.. (4) this trade has included trade in goods and technology ^,,.,. which enhances the productive capacity and the infrastructure base of Vietnam; and . (5) the 65,000,000 people of Vietnam are a tempting lure for investors seeking low wages and for traders seeking new markets. OJ) CONDEMNATION OF VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA.—

The Congress hereby— (1) reaffirms its condemnation of the continued Vietnamese occupation of the sovereign State of Cambodia, an activity which violates all standards of conduct befitting a responsible nation and contravenes all recognized principles of international law; and ..$*<?.;•.•:; - -cfu.••.•'•I'^n ^•;- ;r-^»*».$

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