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PANAMA CANAL TREATY
TRANSITION.... 1979-1999
Summary of Treaty
Transition Milestones
Military Property
Transfers to Panama
Treaty Impact on Military
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MILITARY PROPERTY TRANSFERS
(1979-1999) (continued)
| DATE |
PROPERTY
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REMARKS |
| 1979/
Oct 1 |
Coco
Solo former Naval base
(on the Atlantic side near the city of
Colon)
 | Piers 1 through 4, adjacent
wharf, and a few buildings in Coco Solo North transferred to
Panama. Housing area remained with the Panama Canal
Commission, and the Elementary School remained with U.S.
Forces as a Military Area of Coordination until 1990s.
| A few buildings at Coco Solo
South transferred to Panama. Housing area and Coco Solo
Junior-Senior High School remained with U.S. Forces until
1990s. |
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USE BY PANAMA:
Manzanillo International
Terminal (MIT) (above), a joint venture between Stevedoring Services
of America, of Seattle, and Panama's Motores Internacionales SA,
and one of three ports now on Panama's Atlantic side, was
constructed in the mid-1990s on part of former Coco Solo Naval
Base, including Cristobal Jr.-Sr. High School. [Photo courtesy of
ARI - Panama's Interoceanic Region Authority, from its website]
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Navy/Army
property
Coco
Solo- History
Coco
Solo- New Uses
|
| 1979/
Oct 1 |
France Field
(Located on the Atlantic side near city of Colon and the Colon
Free Zone) -- Part transferred to Army
and Panama Canal Commission
| Housing areas
| Airstrip |
|
USE BY PANAMA:
| Panamanian housing.
| Airstrip now used for small
commuter airplanes traveling between Colon and Panama City. |
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Army/Air
Force Property
France Field History
France Field
New Uses
|
| 1979-
1982 |
PAD
(former Panama Air Depot) Area buildings
(Adjacent to the former Abrook
Army Airfield)
Some buildings transferred to
Panama on October1, 1979. Others transferred in stages through
1982, namely:
| Defense Mapping Agency-InterAmerican
Geodetic Survey (DMA-IAGS) -- Bldg 1020
| Army and Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES) warehouses -- Bldg 1009
| Army Medical Department
Activity (MEDDAC) warehouse -- Bldgs 1010 and 490 |
| |
USE BY PANAMA:
| Nearby open area (near the
hangars and across from Bldg. 1025, former AAFES shoppette)
was used 1996-99 as temporary bus terminal for travel to
interior parts of the country (which moved to the new National
Transport Center adjacent to the Marcos Gilabert airport at Albrook).
| Elements of Ministry of Public
Works (MOP)
| Panamanian Customs (Aduanas)
-- Bldg 1009
| Social Security Fund (Caja de
Seguro Social) warehouse |
| | |
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Army
Property
PAD
Area-History
PAD
Area-New Uses
|
| 1982/
Oct 1 |
CURUNDU
HEIGHTS -- near
Albrook Army Airfield
| Remainder
of family housing area (88 units) |
USE BY PANAMA:
Panamanian family housing
|
Army
Property |
| 1982/
Oct 1
|
Curundu
Antenna Farm (near Curundu Heights housing area)
USE BY PANAMA:
Part of the land transferred was
later transferred to the nearby University of Panama by the Panamanian
Government in 1996. Commercial establishments were
constructed on other parts of the area.
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Air
Force Property |
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