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...small, greying man in a dapper blue suit, arriving at Washington's Union Station, knew what kind of peace the voice was talking about. And Manuel Quezon knew where the voice came from; he knew his people would never submit. "They will come out of the hills where they are hiding and they will fight as long as they have one bullet left...
...stepped out of Union Station into the bright afternoon sun, Manuel Quezon saw his great & good friend Franklin Roosevelt standing beside the black Presidential limousine. "Mister Presidente!" he exclaimed, arms outstretched. He shook the Roosevelt hand, then clutched the massive Roosevelt arms. In turn, he was almost crushed in a Roosevelt embrace. Houses will be decorated with Japanese flags and Japanese ideas of culture and enlightenment will be proclaimed, cooed Berlin...
Perhaps Manuel Quezon thought back to another day or proclamation, less than seven years ago, when he, once an insurrectionist fighting against the U.S., was installed with U.S. help as the Philippines' first President. He knew what Japanese "enlightenment...
Franklin Roosevelt said: "I have brought all the former Governors and High Commissioners, for 20 years back, down here to greet you." Excited, happy Manuel Quezon greeted Henry L. Stimson, Dwight F. Davis, Frank Murphy, Paul V. McNutt, Francis B. Sayre...
...rigid Filipino U.S. Army sergeant stood guard outside the hotel room. Manuel Quezon posed for photographers, told newsmen: "When war began I said the Philippines will stand by the United States until the bitter end. Thank God the fact proves I was right." He said little more. A hacking, tuberculous cough interrupted his every word. How did he feel about Bataan and Corregidor? Manuel Quezon leaned wearily back in a deep, red chair, closed his eyes and murmured huskily: "I am proud...