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...personal friend of Ronald Reagan's, had spoken that day with Ferdinand Marcos, the beleaguered President of the Philippines. At 2 o'clock (EST) last Monday afternoon, Marcos telephoned Laxalt, who had visited Manila in October as a special emissary, with an urgent question: Was it true, as U.S. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth had told him, that President Reagan was calling for a "peaceful transition to a new government" in the Philippines? While the two men talked, Laxalt said later, it became apparent that Marcos was "hanging on, looking for a life preserver. He was a desperate man clutching at straws...
...case. According to Ople, the American diplomats gave him a blunt message: Marcos had lost control of his army, the troops under General Ver were ineffectual, and if Marcos did not step down, the country could be heading for civil war. A similar statement was sent to the U.S. Ambassador in Manila, Stephen Bosworth, who took it to Marcos...
...hour after the ceremony, Marcos telephoned Enrile and demanded that he "stop firing at the palace." Enrile said he had no troops there. Marcos asked him to call Ambassador Bosworth to find out if the U.S. could provide the Marcoses with security in flying out of the palace. Enrile promised to do so. Marcos had previously raised the possibility of retiring to Ilocos Norte, his home province in the northern Philippines, but had been discouraged from doing so by his family and by the new government. At 9:05 p.m., four American helicopters picked up the President, Imelda...
...foreign aid. I am very happy that all the ambassadors who have been visiting me have been saying that they will come to my assistance. In fact, the Canadian Ambassador said that his government will give an initial aid of $5 million in food, but they were sending it through nongovernment agencies, which was what I was asking for before. I said, "That was before, but now you can trust the Aquino government. Can't you give half directly to us?" The U.S. and Japan have told me that they will help. West Germany also...
That observation was underscored by the international response to Marcos' re-election, which ranged from lukewarm to hostile. In 1981, when Marcos defeated a little-known challenger, he received 28 official letters of congratulation from leaders around the world. This time only the Soviet ambassador conveyed his best wishes. Several West European diplomats emerged from a meeting with Aquino last week and indicated that they might boycott Marcos' inauguration. And by week's end Belgium and Canada announced flatly that they would not attend. The Reagan Administration, for its part, had not yet decided whom it would send...