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According to some Philippine opposition leaders, the violence was an outgrowth of the regime's new get-tough policy, which is seen as a response to the visit to Manila two weeks ago of U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt. The Nevada Republican, who is a close friend of President Reagan's, met with Marcos to relay Washington's concerns about the growing Communist insurgency in the country. "There appears to be a go signal from Washington to Marcos to tighten the screws on protesters," said Homobono Adaza, an opposition member of the Filipino National Assembly. At midweek Marcos warned that...
State Department spokesmen maintain that Marcos is paying attention to U.S. warnings. They say that Marcos has responded to Laxalt's visit with several announcements. Though none are new, they include a promise to increase the military budget by 39% and let U.S. observers be present for the 1986 and 1987 elections. Marcos also gave Laxalt two lengthy reports, one on the economy and the other on the military, to support his view that the insurgency is not as grave as the U.S. portrays. Said a State Department analyst: "We've got our own sources, and they indicate that...
...signal may have helped catalyze Marcos' latest surprise venture, it was a four-day visit to Manila last month by Republican Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada. Laxalt held two meetings with the Philippine leader. At one of them, the U.S. legislator passed along a three-page letter from President Reagan outlining his personal worries about the local situation. As a Laxalt aide recalled last week, Marcos was the first to mention presidential elections, only to reject the idea. By the second meeting, according to the aide, Marcos had changed his mind, at least in principle, and had become "enthusiastic" about...
Long after Reagan was restored to health, the effects of the attack lingered. "There was a certain sadness," said one of his old friends, former Senator Paul Laxalt. "You could see it in his eyes. It wasn't just the physical pain. I think that he was deeply hurt, emotionally, that this could happen to him." Reagan was reluctant to admit any such hurt, but he did acknowledge to an interviewer that it had been a "reminder of mortality and the importance of time." Beyond that, he liked to say, "God has a plan for everyone...