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...instead at a gradual subversion of the country's political system. That work is carried on by an estimated 1,500 so-called "legal cadres," members who carefully skirt the law forbidding Communism in the Philippines. Many of them openly strive to win positions of power. According to Filipino intelligence estimates, at least 176 barrio captains, dozens of mayors, a handful of Congressmen and at least one, possibly two, provincial governors are either Huks or under Huk discipline...
...outside talent. Today, W.W.T. handles about half of the paid professional entertainment appearing at U.S. military clubs; last year the agency booked 14 acts from the outside (paying them a normal top of $1,000 for five shows a week), was even able to peddle 25 Vietnamese bands, four Filipino bands, and 42 Vietnamese girl singers. W.W.T. provides accommodations, transportation within the country, and usually air fare to and from home...
...that "Marcos failed in becoming the only Filipino to win America's highest military award." Actually, three Filipinos have been awarded the Medal of Honor: Sergeant José Calugas, Battery B, 88th Field Artillery, Philippine Scouts, at Culis, Bataan, 1942; Fireman 2nd Class Telesforo Trinidad, U.S.N. on board U.S.S. San Diego, 1915; Private José B. Nisperos, 34th Company, Philippine Scouts, Lapurap, Basilan...
Sitting next to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos at a U-shaped table of gleaming rubbed mahogany in Mala-cafiang Palace, home of the islands' rulers-Spanish, American, and finally Filipino-for a century, Johnson noted that four principles dominated the talks. They were that "aggression must fail," that the allies must press pacification and development programs in South Viet Nam, that the budding spirit of cooperation among Asians must be nurtured, and that peace must be pursued. The important thing, he said, was not to mislead Hanoi as Hitler was misled before World War II. "I know that some...
Waltzing Imelda. While America's influence was discreetly evident in Manila, the conference was conspicuously an Asian affair-as February's Honolulu meeting was not. The allies' Filipino hosts handled the summit meeting with extraordinary efficiency. The arrangements were Imelda Marcos' province, and she took charge of everything, from refurbishing the Manila Hotel with treasures wheedled from