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Crimson reporter Antony J. Blinken interviewed Filipino opposition leader Benigno Aquano in April 1982 during his two-year stint as a fellow at Harvard's Center for International Affairs Aquino was slain August 21, moments after returning to his homeland. Following are Blinken's reflections on that interview...
Marcos kept a low profile during the days following Aquino's death. One of his main activities, however, was to act as host at a dinner, to the dismay of U.S. officials, for visiting Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon, and to declare to his guest that "unfortunately you came at this dark hour, but I think we will get over it." Marcos reiterated his conviction that the only people who had gained from Aquino's assassination were "local Communists...
Philippine leftists were equally cautious. Some agreed with the conventional wisdom that the death of Aquino meant the death of the political center. Others wondered whether Aquino's martyrdom had not galvanized a hitherto silent majority of moderates. In any event, no one was rushing to take advantage of last week's outpouring of emotion. "It would not take a lot to ignite something in the present political climate," said a leftist with links to the Communist leadership. "But once you ignite that spark here, we would have a military government, and [the left-wing organizations...
...government moved a small step toward explaining the assassination by identifying the gunman who allegedly shot Aquino. The murderer, authorities said, was Rolando Galman y Dawang, "a notorious killer, a gun for hire, who had reportedly been used by various elements, including organized syndicated crime, or by subversive elements." That description only compounded the mystery. If the killer was a hired gun, who hired him? Why did it take nine days to identify a well-known gunman? How did he know which plane Aquino would be taking? How did he breach the heavy airport security? A five-member commission appointed...
...bulletin from Manila scored a clear beat for United Press International: Correspondent Max Vanzi, who was on the scene, was thus able to report 3½ hours ahead of his Associated Press rivals, who depended on government spokesmen, that Philippine Politician Benigno Aquino had been shot down moments after returning from exile. Yet when the declarative U.P.I, report and a hedged, uncertain A.P. bulletin came over the wire to the Washington Post shortly after 2 a.m. two weeks ago, editors decided to play it safe and put into their final edition a story saying only that Aquino had been arrested...