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Theodore Roosevelt and Foreign Affairs
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
November 1903

Philippe Bunau-Varilla

The joint efforts of John Hay, U.S. secretary of state, and Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the former engineer for the French canal company and the recently appointed Panamanian envoy to the United States, yielded an agreement acceptable to Roosevelt. Terms included the following:

  • The United States was to receive rights to a canal zone which was to extend five miles on either side of the route
  • Panama was to receive a payment of $10 million
  • Panama was to receive annual rental payments of $250,000.


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