Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-014-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the problems of Panama under the dictatorship of General Manuel Noriega and the commitment of the United States to the 1978 canal treaty that requires the U.S. to turn over control of the Panama Canal to Panama by the year 2000. The episode aired on Wednesday, November 18, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.