The Finance Committee of the U.S. Senate has farther cut our sugar quota by 76,000 tons. And the chances of any recovery from this [sic] cuts are slim. So now while our present quota is 1,503,000 we are now brought down to 1,300,264.
It seems that it does not pay to be friendly to the U.S. nor to be its ally.
So I have directed that we now review all the treaties with the U.S. specially the military
Official Gazette for July 21, 1971: President Marcos received important personages among other callers, and presided at the ceremony whereby the letters of credence of Ambassador Tiao Khan Hing as new ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Laos to the Philippines were presented.
The new Laotian envoy also presented to the President the letter of recall of his predecessor, Ambassador Leuam Rajasombat, during the ceremony held at the Malacañang Ceremonial Hall.
After the presentation ceremony, the President started receiving callers first of whom were the members of the Korean delegation to the joint conferences in Manila of the Anti-Communist League of Asia and of the World. Led by 80-year old General Lee Eung-Joon, and accompanied by Korean Ambassador Se Ryun Kun, the Korean group included Admiral Sohn Won-II, Generals Choi Duk-Shin and Shin Hyun-Joon, former Vice Foreign Minister Lee Won-Kyung, Director Hub Baek of the Korean Anti-Communist League and Moon C. Park. The President took the occasion to request the delegation to convey his best wishes for the success of President Park Chung Hee and his congratulation for the remarkable economic progress and valuable contribution of Korea to the defense of freedom.
He also received the foreign delegates to the recently held conference of the Asian Parliamentary Union who called to say goodbye before leaving for their respective countries.
Those who paid their respects to the President were Delegates Kuo-Chi Yeh Shin-chin and Charles Z. Yeo of China; Yoshiharu Takeno and Yochiro Kubo of Japan; Pheng Shahanikone and Sisisphanh Phoenpradit of Laos; Mr. and Mrs. Suchon Charmpoonod of Thailand; and Nguyen Huy Chien, Chairman of the Asian Development Center, and Tran Ngoc Danh and Tran Do Cung of Vietnam.
The foreign delegations were accompanied by Emmanuel Yap, secretary general of the conference, who informed the President that the APU has included in its agenda a study of the political and economic repercussions resulting from the projected visit of U.S. President Richard Nixon to Red China.
The President said that all the countries of the world are now busy reassessing their own economic, military and political polices in the light of fast moving developments like the adoption of a flexible policy by both the United States and Red China.
After receiving scheduled callers, the President swore into office some 30 new appointees, mostly to the judiciary. In the afternoon, the President concentrated on office work. Among other actions:
1.Directed the Free Trade Zone Authority to set aside 30 hectares to accommodate a Ford car manufacturing complex, which would turn out Asian Ford cars with a Filipino name starting 1972. The President issued the order after being informed by W. O. Bourke, president of Ford Asia-Pacific, of the project. Bourke made a courtesy call in the morning after his arrival here on a business visit. 2.Proclaimed July 22, a special public holiday in Batangas province and in the cities of Batangas and Lipa, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime paralytic. 3. Issued an administrative order requiring Commissioner of Civil Service Abelardo Subido to resign three days from the receipt of the order, otherwise, he would be considered resigned upon the expiration of that period. The President’s order was the upshot of an administrative charge filed against Commissioner Subido by Faustino Tugade, former CSC legal officer, for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, particularly for entering into contracts grossly disadvantageous to the government. The Presidential Investigating Committee headed by Dr. Gaudencio Garcia, chairman which was assigned to investigate the case, found Commissioner Subido guilty of the charge.
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We must now assume that since that U.S. is withdrawing from South Vietnam because of pressure of public opinion, then she would not be a dependable ally in the event of massive subversion or external aggression.
So I have directed the military to prepare plans to train and re-equip our Armed Forces so that we can defend our country in ten years. We must now presume that the U.S. will withdraw from the Philippines in ten years.
We should now seek the termination of the military bases in the Philippines in not more than ten years.
This will mean that we will have to finance our own defense requirements and this will be hard. But we have to do it now that the U.S. is ready to help us prepare.
The Anti-Communist League meeting tomorrow is certainly badly timed. And I have to open it and give a reception in the evening.