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ASIDE FROM THE PRACTICAL damage, Marcos suffered acute embarrassment. The dictator went on a rampage, calling for the arrest of 30 political enemies, most currently residing in the U.S. Included in that group was Center for International Affairs fellow and leading dissident Benigno S. Aquino. Jr.. the opponent Marcos fears most and one of the first jailed upon the imposition of martial...
From exile in Cambridge, Aquino has quietly urged Marcos to consider lifting martial law and open the door to conciliation before being swamped in a wave of revolution. Prior to last week's incident. Marcos--who had allowed Aquino out of the country for a triple bypass heart operation, primarily because he could not afford to let Aquino die in prison and become a martyr--responded cautiously, trying to keep his clasp on power while waiting out the results of the presidential election. The president put out feelers, realizing a compromise with Aquino provided at least a chance to salvage...
...Marcos vigorously retracted his hints that he would consider lifting martial law when the April 6 Movement--which the dictator contends is linked to Aquino--pulled its convention bombing, and conspicuously called into question Marcos' capacity to maintain peace and order. The guerillas stopped short of assassinating Marcos (it appears they easily could have), preferring instead to flaunt their havoc-wreaking. For his part, Aquino denied any connection with the April 6 Movement, a fact even acknowledged by the terrorists who declared him their leader "even though he hasn't yet recognized...
...sterling credentials and widespread popularity did not put him in good stead when Marcos declared martial law. While most leaders incarcerated by Marcos in 1972 eventually were released, Aquino remained in jail. He was charged with involvement with communists and guerillas, and convicted by a military tribunal. His more likely crime was his candidacy for president under the Liberal Party banner...
...cell were spent reading voraciously--everything "except articles on the Philippines, they were cut out." He devoured books by the CfIA personnel he has now met as well as Harold Robbins novels. "You can only read the heavy stuff for so long," he says. During that time Aquino came to the conclusion that "the only difference between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is America's moral anger--take away the moral anger, and you have two symmetrical superpowers." He says he feels no bitterness--he will respond to Marcos if the dictator is "sincere in restoring our freedoms...