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...Concepcion, chairman of the National Citizens' Movement for a Free Election, or NAMFREL, whose unofficial count also showed Mrs. Aquino leading, said there was "no doubt in mymind that the government is trying to make sure it has the margin to win the election. That is very clear...
...onetime U.S. role as a colonial overlord is still firmly fixed in the minds of many Filipinos. Any direct threats against a Philippine government, even one that had rigged an election, would be widely resented. But Marcos is also on notice that he cannot count on any U.S. support whatsoever in case of civic upheaval brought on by voter fraud. Nor is it likely that either domestic or international business confidence in the Philippines would return to normal with a cloud of that magnitude hanging over the political horizon...
...figure is only 5%, it concedes that Communist insurgents now operate in 60 of the country's 74 provinces. They are a strong presence throughout the central island of Negros and in most of resource-rich Mindanao. Estimates of regular N.P.A. troop strength range from the Philippine military's count of 12,500 to Washington's 16,500 and the Communists' own claim of 20,000. Although the 230,000-strong Philippine armed forces enjoy an overwhelming numerical edge, their resources are stretched thin as they attempt to combat insurgents in 59 separate areas. Moreover, as Marcos admitted...
NAMFREL has devised "Operation Quick Count," a monitoring network that relies on sheer numbers. It has recruited 150,000 Filipinos to oversee each step of the elections. Operation Quick Count will start early on election day: voters are being urged to turn up at 7 a.m., when the polls open, to make certain the ballot boxes are empty. Last week, however, the Commission on Elections said it would not allow foreign reporters or "unauthorized" observers to come within 150 ft. of polling places. Says a U.S. expert who traveled to the Philippines last month to study the election process...
...invited to the Geneva summit. But he is still a formidable adversary whose professional disagreements with Shultz have been sharpened by personal strains. Perhaps 90% of the foreign policy disputes that appear in the newspapers are arguments between Shultz and Weinberger. A colleague of both has lost count of the number of meetings with Reagan at which Shultz has declared: "As always, Mr. President, I disagree with the Secretary of Defense...