Word: magsaysays
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...would-be free governments in Asia the surrender said: the President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay, knew there could be no freedom in his country until the Communists were defeated. He was not dissuaded or sidetracked by taunts that he was a U.S. puppet or a victim of colonialism. He fought with all the arms he could get-from the U.S. or anywhere else, and with a wise program of social and economic reform. Magsaysay won because he fought. He was not enchanted when the Reds pulled their standard ruse of asking for negotiation and coalition when they...
...compelling task for Geneva's Big Three diplomats, and for Paris, London and Washington, is to prove a determination to resist. Then they will prove to free Asians what Magsaysay's unrelenting determination long ago proved to Filipinos-that Communism can be beaten in Asia. With that guarantee, the free Asians can fight and act confidently in the name of nationalism and independence...
From exultant Manila newspapers, the wire services picked up the headline: TARUC SURRENDERS TO PRESIDENT MAGSAYSAY, but at the Philippine army's Camp Murphy the situation looked somewhat different. Taruc was installed in quarters usually reserved for VIPs. A Cabinet officer lent him a flowered shirt, photographers had a field day, soldiers brought in fans to keep him cool. Watching the lean Communist leaning easily on a windowsill, first-naming an Under Secretary, and running his delicate hands through the black curls of his 18-year-old son Romeo, an officer snapped: "You would think he was the head...
...Dead or Alive. Taruc's surrender had been arranged, with President Magsaysay's approval, through a Manila newspaper columnist named Benigno Aquino. Early one morning last week, troops of the Philippine first military area thought they had Taruc cornered north of Manila. Under Colonel Manuel Cabal, the troops were closing in on Barrio San Pablo, a hamlet near the foot of Mount Arayat (3,378 ft.), where Taruc was known to be hiding. Colonel Cabal was convinced that the rebel leader would soon be captured, dead or alive, but as the leading troops reached the village, a lieutenant...
...Accept." Cabal was fighting mad, but there was nothing he could do. The lieutenant was carrying out orders originating with President Magsaysay himself. Columnist Aqulno; "It seemed, had promised to meet Taruc without fail next morning, and the army was not supposed to interfere with his plans...