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Dulles then flew from Tokyo to Manila to begin a series of talks with the Philippine, Australian and New Zealand governments, who are worried over Japanese rearmament. In Manila, he assured Filipinos that a treaty would leave Japan "a bulwark against the new tide of despotism which threatens the Asia mainland...
...Ambassador to the Philippines Myron Cowen, is a statuesque, energetic woman who won't tell her age. In her youth she studied music and dancing in France, later worked in the children's ward of Bellevue Hospital, served with anti-isolationist groups before Pearl Harbor. In Manila, Mrs. Cowen's relations with socially prominent Filipino women have not always been marked by intense cordiality. Last week she went to a luncheon of 200 Manila clubwomen to talk about the opening of a new charity playground. After congratulating her audience on their good works, she delivered a blistering...
...Ambassador say publicly what many Filipinos were thinking about the critical condition of their country. Lamented the pro-government Philippines Herald: "It should rather be a Filipino leader of discernment and high statesmanship who should be talking to his people with the same pith and accent." Snapped the Manila Chronicle: "Without mincing any words, she told her listeners . . . what was wrong with them...
...latest series of arrests without warrant brought more publicity than the government bargained for. On Jan. 27 military intelligence arrested 26 persons presumably for complicity with the Huks. They included booksellers, labor leaders, a movie producer and eight well-known Manila newspapermen. Two biggest fish among the arrested newsmen: Jose Lan-sang, executive editor of Manila's Philippines Herald, and the Manila Times's star police reporter, Mucario Vincencio, who has written several articles exposing graft...
...week's end some Philippine newspapers were serializing the 53,000-word Bell report like a sensational mystery story. To give the story point, Washington made an offer of a $250 million five-year loan to the Philippines on condition that Manila carry out the reforms recommended in the Bell report...