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IMPACT OF THE PANAMA CANAL TREATY ON THE U.S. MILITARY - continued

PANAMA CANAL TREATY DESIGNATIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

The following were the U.S. bases, installations, and facilities covered by the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and associated documents (Agreement in Implementation of Article IV of that Treaty) which entered into force October 1, 1979. Some were designated as Defense Sites while the others were designated Military Areas of Coordination (for housing, training, special facilities or General Military Areas of Coordination). Earlier inactive bases, installations, and facilities that had either been transferred to Panama under earlier agreements are not covered by this treaty. Those bases or facilities are covered in a related section, Description of U.S. Bases/Installations in Panama (1910-1999).

Defense Sites were those areas (and facilities within them) which Panama permitted the U.S. Forces to use for the specific purposes of the Panama Canal Treaty and as the two governments otherwise agreed. The Defense Sites were for the exclusive use of the U.S. Forces and were under their complete control for the life of the Panama Canal Treaty.

Military Areas of Coordination were those areas and facilities which Panama permitted the U.S. Forces to use for the purposes of communications and military training and for housing and support. With the exception of Special Facilities, their security was the combined responsibility of both countries; nevertheless, the senior U.S. Forces commander had ultimate responsibility for internal security of these forces.

PANAMA CANAL AREA TREATY MAP --This map is based on the one among the Attachments to Annex A to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977). Popularly called "the Treaty map," it denotes the major U.S. military installations and facilities (brown for Defense Sites and green for Military Areas of Coordination) and the principal Panama Canal Commission facilities (red for PCC housing areas and pink for Panama Canal Operating Area, such as the Canal and its supporting facilities), as defined by Treaty. One can appreciate what remained under United States control after October 1, 1979, when the former Canal Zone was abolished with the implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty (with the white areas denoting former Canal Zone areas transferred to Panama on that date). [Source: U.S. Southern Command Directorate of Treaty Implementation]

Defense sites:

Pacific Side of the isthmus:

	Howard Air Force Base
	Fort Kobbe (including Cocoli Housing Areas and Rodman Ammuntion Storage Area)
	U.S. Naval Station, Rodman (including the Farfan Radio Receiver Facility and the Arraijan Tank Farm)
	Marine Barracks
	Fort Clayton (including Corozal East and West)
	Semaphore Hill Long-Range Radar and Communications Link

Atlantic side of the isthmus:

	Fort William D. Davis
	Fort Sherman
	Galeta Island
	U.S. Navy Transisthmian Pipeline (across the isthmus)

Military areas of coordination (MAC):

General Military Areas of Coordination (Pacific side):

	Quarry Heights
	U.S. Naval Station Panama Canal, Fort Amador

General Military Areas of Coordination (Atlantic side):

Fort Gulick (later named by Panama Fuerte Espinar)

Military Areas of Coordination for Training (Pacific side):

	Empire Range Training Complex
	Fort Clayton Training Area

Military Areas of Coordination for Training (Atlantic side):

	Pina Range
	Fort Sherman West Training Area

Military Training Areas for Housing (Pacific side):

	Fort Amador (except for Buildings 1 through 9; 45 through 48; 51, 57, 64, and 93, and eight family housing units which were transferred to Panama on October1, 1979)
	Curundu Heights (except for 20 family housing units transferred to Panama on October 1, 1979)
	Curundu Flats
	Herrick Heights

Military Training Areas for Housing (Atlantic side):

	Coco Solo South
	France Field

Military Areas of Coordination-Special Facilities: (following list does not include every facility listed in paragraph (3)(a)(iv) of Annex A, "Defense Sites, Military Areas of Coordination and Other Installations," of Panama Canal Treaty: Agreement in Implementation of Article IV)

Those facilities below listed in red denote transfer on October 1, 1979, to the Department of Defense from the former Canal Zone Government (which was abolished with the entry into force of the Panama Canal Treaty same date).

Those facilities listed in green denote transfer to the Department of Defense from the Panama Canal Company (predecessor of the Panama Canal Commission) on October 1, 1979.

Pacific side (Special Facilities):

	Gorgas Hospital Complex
	Mortuary
	Quarry Heights Communications Facility (Tunnel)
	Curundu Antenna Farm
	U.S. Navy Communications Facility (at Fort Amador)
	Summit Naval Radio Station
	Ancon Hill Communications Facility
	Balboa High School, Curundu Junior High School, Balboa Elementary School, Diablo Elementary School, Los Rios Elementary School, Gamboa Elementary School, Cristobal Junior-Senior High School, Panama Canal College (The schools located on military bases -- at Fort Clayton, Fort Kobbe, Howard Air Force Base, Fort Gulick and Fort Davis -- were considered as part of the installations where they were located.)
	Health Centers at Balboa and Gamboa
	Ancon Dental Clinic
	Corozal Mental Health Center
	Corozal Animal Care Station/Veterinary Hospital
	Corozal Cemetary
	Balboa Commissary
	Following facilities located in the Curundu PAD (former Panama Air Depot) Area (Remainder of the PAD area transferred to Panama on October 1, 1979): Defense Mapping Agency-InterAmerican Geodetic Survey (DMA-IAGS), Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC) warehouse, and Army and Air Force Exchange System (AAFES) warehouses
	Laundry at Ancon and Army Laundry at Curundu
	Camp Chagras Boy Scout Camp at Madden Dam
	Surfside Theater at Naos Island
	Cerro Pelado Ammunition Transfer Point

Atlantic side(Special Facilities):

	Coco Solo Hospital Complex
	Cristobal Junior-Senior High School, Coco Solo Elementary School, Margarita Elementary School, Fort Gulick Elementary School, and Canal Zone College (Panama Canal College)
	Health Centers at Margarita and Coco Solo
	Ammunition Supply Point (ASP) on Fort Gulick
	Battery Pratt Communications Facility (near Fort Sherman)
	Mindi Veterinary Clinic