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| | Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt - Hay-Pauncefote Treaty 1901 |
 | | The Hay-Pauncefote treaty; named for its negotiators, U.S. Secretary of State John Milton Hay and British ambassador to the United States Sir Julian Pauncefote; enabled the United States to build the Panama Canal. |
 | | No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war, or warlike materials in the canal, except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch. |
 | | The plant, establishments, buildings, and all works necessary to the construction, maintenance, and operation of the canal shall be deemed to be part thereof, for the purposes of this Treaty, and in time of war, as in time of peace, shall enjoy complete immunity from attack or injury by belligerents. |
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