Word: sangley
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...begun to shift the Philippines toward a policy of assertive neutrality. The Philippines resent the fact that their base treaties with the U.S. are less generous than those just concluded with Spain, and would like to renegotiate them. In any event, Marcos wants the U.S. to hand over Sangley Point Naval Air Station to Philippine control and to return unused portions of the big Clark Air Force Base. Marcos may tell Nixon that he, too, is under pressure to bring home his troops from Viet Nam; he may even discuss plans to withdraw at least part...
...that he should steer a more neutral course. His rivals in Congress, for example, are badgering him for sending two battalions of engineers to Viet Nam, threaten to force him to recall them. To show his independence, Marcos has publicly demanded the return of the U.S. Navy's Sangley Point Air Station to Philippine control. Though Washington would like to make Marcos look good, it is not yet willing to go that...
Next morning, Moyers and other aides summoned some 45 reporters to a briefing in the U.S. embassy, literally impounded them when they arrived. Nobody was allowed out of the room-or in. Bussed to Sangley Point Naval Station across the bay from Manila, the newsmen took off in a chartered jet in the early afternoon. The President, 25 minutes behind them, changed into his brown ranch trousers...