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Show The Sail Bake Tribum1, Thursday, April r 13, 1978 5 DeConcini Rejects Carter Modification to Treaty Amendment Pai ama has interpreted the amendment as giving the United States unlimited rights to intervene in Panamas domestic affairs. Leaders have said it infringes on Panamanian sovereignty and is unacceptable. WASHINGTON fUPI) Sen. Dennis DeConcini, suddenly the key figure in the Panama Canal debate, said Wednesday he could not accept a proposed administration formula for modifying his controversial amendment to the first canal treaty. The Arizona Democrat said during a one-homeeting with Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher the administration suggested the Senate could pass a separate resolution, applicable to both Panama Canal Treaties, in which the United States would promise not to intervene in Panama. DeConcinis amendment to the first treaty grants the United States the right to use military force to keep the Panama Canal running in the face of a strike or work slowdown. He countered administration arguments, he said, by suggesting the president might issue a presidential declaration forswearing intervention. But Christopher said it was important to Panama to get the Senate to adopt a Panama Interpretation DeConcini is expected to meet with President Carter to discuss his position, but an aide said no time had been scheduled in order to give the Senator a chance to consider his talks with Christopher. Despite the amendment crisis, bipartisan leaders predicted the pacts would survive and win final ratification next Tuesday. DeConcini said his amendment does and he not use the word "intervention sees no need to change it. modification. DeConcini said he would have to see some "overpowering evidence" for him to change his mind. He said he preferred the Senate to pass the second treaty with his prop- - GAO Adds Billions to Trident Cost Figure The cost of (UPD an expanded fleet of Trident missile-carryin- g submarines could tun $7 billion to $10 billion more than suggested by the Navy, the General Accounting Office says. In a report on the status of the increasingly costly and production-delaye- d Trident and its nuclear missiles, the GAO said if a fleet of 29 vessels were built, the cost could reach WASHINGTON more than $50 billion $10 billion more than rough figures supplied Congress by Navy planners. A similar fleet of 21 vessels could cost more than $37 billion, compared to a Navy figure of $30 billion, the GAO said. The congressional auditing agency, describing its own estimates as conservative," called on Defense Secretary Harold Brown to provide detailed cost information. osed amendment and let the Panamanians react according to their constitutional manner. Go Down In History DeConcini said administration officials had explained to him that he might go down in history as the man who killed the Panama Canal Treaties. He added: I like to think that I am a reasonable man who does not have a closed mind leaving open the slight possibility he might compromise later. The former Arizona prosecutor said he was having no trouble standing up to pressure from the administration and Senate colleagues. A first degree murder charge is much tougher than this," he said. DeConcini also said several Senators had told him they would vote against the second treaty if his amendment to the first treaty is modified. Defeats Amendment Earlier Wednesday, the Senate voted to defeat an amendment calLing for a return to the 1903 U S. Panama Treaty should Panama refuse to abide by reservations the Senate adds to the new treaties. Despite the uncertainties raised b the DeConcini reservations, Senate leaders said they believe the controver53-4- 0 -- sy is dying down. 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