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Last week Secretary of State George Shultz made a five-stop Asian trip to bolster those ties against recent strains, and to coincide with the annual meeting in Manila of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Manila trip, Shultz's second visit to the Philippines since Corazon Aquino toppled Ferdinand Marcos in February, was also intended to show staunch U.S. support for the new Filipino President, whose fledgling administration lacks the stability of an established government...
...nations to move toward formally ending their mutual-defense treaty under the ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, U.S.) alliance. While the U.S. and New Zealand will maintain their military agreements with Australia, they will no longer defend each other. After meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange in Manila, Shultz declared, "We part company as friends, but we do part company as far as the alliance is concerned." Nor is New Zealand alone in opposing visits by nuclear vessels. A 13-country group called the South Pacific Forum has agreed on a nuclear-free policy for its territory...
...Singapore, Shultz held a 2 1/2-hour private meeting with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, a personal friend of the Secretary's. Sounding a theme frequently heard during the three-day ASEAN conference in Manila, Lee warned Shultz that the growing trend toward protectionism in the U.S. Congress was threatening the economic stability of the Pacific basin. Shultz was receptive to the warning. Like President Reagan, he strongly favors free trade and opposes protectionist measures. "I believe their statements of concern are justified," the Secretary said later. "We ought to pay attention." He advised Lee to show good faith by keeping...
When deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda and 88 members of their entourage abandoned their palace in Manila and Imelda's 3,000 pairs of shoes last February, they braced for some cutbacks in their conspicuous consumption. But, in fact, in one month the exiled Marcos & Co. ran up personal expenses of $207,000 on U.S. bases in Guam and Hawaii, says a House Armed Services subcommittee. That bought, among other items, $2,552 worth of shoes, which were not for Imelda but for others in the party. Other tabs: $19,971 for long-distance calls...
Aquino undertook the trip, her second outside Manila since assuming power in February, to prove that there is popular support for her conciliatory efforts toward the Communist rebels. As she rode through Davao, thousands waved the yellow ribbons that have come to symbolize her People Power campaign. It was an impressive reception. Even so, some could not help being reminded of similar events staged by her predecessor...