May 2-14, 1974

Official Gazette for May 2, 1974: THE PRESIDENT said that the increase in officers and men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which would total to about 256,000 by the middle of next year, is hewed primarily at the development efforts of the country and only secondarily at its defense. The AFP is estimated to have a troop strength of 100,000 this year. Addressing the officers, men and civilian employes of the Philippine Air Force at Nichols Air Base on the occasion of the PAF’s 39th anniversary, the President said that the increased troop strength might include reserve and home defense forces and possibly part of the local police finally incorporated into a national force.
RELEASE of P3 million for the improvement of a port road in Cagayan has been ordered by the President. The road—a 66-kilometer stretch from the junction of the old Pan Philippine Highway line at Barrio Dugo, Camalaniugan serves the Casambalangan port in Sta. Ana which is now being developed to replace the old port in Aparri. The work also serves the towns of Lallo, Buguey, Sta. Teresita, Gonzaga and Sta. Ana along the northeast coast of Cagayan.
PHILIPPINE Medical Care Commission (PMCC) urged government dentists to perform their work with renewed vigor. Speaking on the theme “Exploring New Approaches in Dental Public Health in the Context of the New Society,” PMCC Chairman Pacifico E. Marcos said that renewed vigor in the government’s dental services could be one of the new approaches in dental public health. Dr. Marcos keynoted the 12th annual convention of the Department of Health National Association of Dentists held at the session hall of the Quezon City Hall. He urged dentists in the public service to render direct medical services particularly to the country’s children 90 per cent of whom, he said, have incidence of dental disease.

Official Gazette for May 3, 1974: THE PRESIDENT has broadened the powers of the Philippine Coconut Authority, which is now given charge of a price stabilization scheme for coconut-based products. Under Presidential Decree No. 414, the PCA is also to manage the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund, which was formerly handled by the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Committee. The PCA will unify and systematize the operation of this fund to fuel research, production expansion, extension services and similar programs to boost the coconut industry.
THE GOVERNMENT has allowed the price adjustments for six basic commodities to insure the continued supply of the items in the domestic market. The six commodities affected are: drugs and medicines, infant dietetics, local canned milk, edible oil, writing pads and notebooks and plywood. Secretary of Trade Troadio T. Quiazon Jr., concurrently Price Control Council chairman, said that the price adjustments fixed by the PCC were given clearance by the President to enable manufacturers and/or suppliers to cushion the impact of the energy crisis and international monetary developments on their operations. The manufacturers/ suppliers’ justifications for the price adjustments range from increases in the cost of raw materials, the revaluation of the currencies of source countries and the devaluation of the US dollar, increase in packaging materials cost and increase in overseas and local freight costs.
THE PRESIDENT welcomed the choice of Manila as the headquarters of the Association of Pediatric Societies of Southeast Asia and Western Pacific as a signal honor for the Philippines. The President was informed by a delegation representing the participating countries at the First Asian Congress of Pediatrics now being held in Manila, that the unanimous decision to make Manila the headquarters was a tribute to the splendid showing of Filipino doctors, and the availability of adequate manpower and facilities in the Philippines. The Congress, the first to be held anywhere, served as a forum for the exchange of information and experience on child health, care and development, among the Asian countries.

Official Gazette for May 4, 1974: MOBILE teams have been created for the Presidential Task Force for the Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao to identify specific priority projects in predominantly Muslim localities, especially the Lanao, Zamboanga and Cotabato provinces. Representing some of the government agencies involved in the development of Mindanao, the members of the team are charged, through Memoradum Circular No. 425, with the task of making an immediate listing of priority projects, along with implementation guidelines and criteria for financial-support. The Presidential Task Force is the body coordinating and monitoring the activities being undertaken by the different government agencies to spur the development of Mindanao.
CASH down payment that private end-users have to pay for reparations goods or services has been scaled down from the old 10 per cent to just five per cent The reduction is effected under Presidential Decree No. 443, retroactive to November 9, 1973, the date of effectivity of PD 332, which had earlier amended the Reparations Law. In lowering the down payment, the President hoped to help end-users in putting up their projects which will eventually contribute to the national economy.
DR. PACIFICO E. MARCOS, chairman of the Philippine Medical Care Commission (PMCC), told graduating interns of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine that the new Constitution gives the State the police power to require the members of the various professions to render civil service. Dr. Marcos who was guest speaker at the second interns’ commencement exercises of the UP College of Medicine held at the Philippine General Hospital, and that this police power of the State on the professions is derived from the constitutional provision which makes it a duty of every citizen to contribute to the welfare and development of the State. Dr. Marcos at the same time, proposed a revision of the medical curricula in order that intermediate medical skills can be provided to those who may drop out and thus their years of formal training may not go to waste.

Official Gazette for May 5, 1974: AIRCRAFT for agricultural purposes, including spare parts and accessories may now be imported free of customs duties under Presidential Decree No. 440. The objective is to provide all possible incentives to investors to develop the nation’s vast agricultural resources and hasten farm development and production through use of aircraft. The free importation privilege comes under amended section 105 of the Tariff and Customs Code, which provides that any article coming in duty-free may not be sold, bartered or used for purposes other than that for which they were intended without prior payment of duty and other charges. Any violation of this provision shall subject the imported article to forfeiture proceedings.
FINANCIAL sinews of the Land Bank have been further strengthened by allowing government firms including government financial institutions to invest in or accept Land Bank preferred shares in payment for any of their assets; This is effected under Presidential Decree No. 444, which adds a new section to the Land Bank charter (Republic Act No. 3844, as amended by PD 251), after Section 77.

Official Gazette for May 6, 1974: THE PRESIDENT said that the destiny of the Filipino people under the New Order can be brought to: its “ultimate efflorescence” if they continue to live by the principles for which the gallant defenders of Corregidor died. The President made this assertion in a speech at cere­monies commemorating the 32nd anniversary of the Fall of Corregidor held on the “Rock”.
INFORMATION Secretary Francisco S. Tatad called on the medical profession to evolve a new philosophy of service that would give equal treatment to the sick, the aged and the needy irrespective of their stations in life. Batting for a new type of humanism in extending medical assistance to the poor, the secretary said that it is in the quality of the service given the lowly that Filipinos will get a glimpse of the kind of society they are trying to create. The secretary’s call was issued during the launching of the National Hospital Week at the GSIS Hospital in Quezon City.
FORTY government rice technicians assigned in major rice-producing provinces in Luzon opened a one-week training course on rice direct seeding, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry. The course is being held at the BPI’s Maligaya Rice Research and Training Center in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. The-training course aims to popularize the new technique in rice-growing provinces by teaching government rice technicians on the mechanics of the new method.

Official Gazette for May 7, 1974: THE PRESIDENT said the present situation inexorably leads toward the normalization of relations between the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China. “It is our hope that soon we will have full diplomatic relations, the President told the basketball team of the People’s Republic of China who called on him at Malacañang. “Undoubtedly the events in Asia today point to one thing, and that is, that we must now understand each other and appreciate the different situations in which” we discovered our countries and peoples,” the President said.
ALL nurses desiring to practice midwifery must first register with the Board of Midwifery and the Professional Regulation Commission before they can practice the profession. Health Secretary Clemente Gatmaitan said this ruling includes registered as well as private nurses who are not exempt from registration. The secretary also cited provisions 20, 22 and 28 of the Philippine Midwifery Law which expressly states that no person may practice midwifery without having been duly registered as midwife.
DEPARTMENT of Education and Culture will start this year a program for the formation and development of desirable moral values and attitudes among pupils and students. Education Undersecretary Narciso Albarracin, program coordinator, said the project which will utilize the resources not only of the schools but the whole community, will cover teachers and education officials whose main weapons will be love and persuasion.

Official Gazette for May 8, 1974: THE PRESIDENT announced an innovative experiment to return political power to the people and at the same time strengthen the basic concept of the New Society that all patrimony and wealth belong to the nation. The President made the announcement during his keynote address in opening the conference of the Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) at the Maharlika Hall of Malacañang. The President announced in his speech that all lands within the territorial boundaries of the municipality of Jolo shall be titled in the name of the entire community and turned over to all residents, subject to approval in a referendum by the people of Jolo themselves. The President said the experiment in land ownership is in line with the New Society’s aim of democratizing all aspects of Philippine society, and emphasized the government’s inclination not merely to assimilate the Muslim and other minorities but to allow the development in their “pristine purity” of the varied and different cultures, thus attaining unity in diversity.
SECRETARY of Information Francisco S. Tatad said the Filipino character will be the decisive setting of the Philippine struggle for development, and that success will depend on the Filipino’s capacity for education, self-possession and pragmatism. Speaking at the Second Annual Cultural Conferences of the Philippine Government Cultural Association on the subject of Filipino destiny, the secretary said that “from the matrix of his past, from his pre-occupations today, we may hope that the Filipino’s society tomorrow will be dynamic, progressive and humane.” The secretary added that whereas other nationalities derive the concept of what they are from diverse factors such as religion, and culture, the “Filipino-ness” of the Filipinos derives solely from nationhood.
CALL was sounded by the President for a new breed of government property and supply officers who can bring to their tasks initiative, dedication and imagination. He urged the supply officers to develop “the habit of conservation, the capacity to husband our resources, the ability to anticipate and meet demands and goals.” In making procurement operations cheaper, faster and more effective, the President said, the supply officer is contributing to making the New Society a perpetually just and good society. The President’s speech was read for him before the Local Government Supply Management Association of the Philippines at the Session Hall, Quezon City Hall, by Secretary Constancio Castaneda of General Services.
DEPARTMENT of Finance announced that starting next month, provinces, cities and municipalities will receive the first of monthly allotments from specific tax collections to finance the building, maintenance and repair of roads and bridges. Finance Secretary Cesar E. A. Virata announced this as he released the rules and regulations on the determination and release of the specific tax allotments to local governments in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 436. The initial Specific tax allotments covering the: period from April 16 to May 31, 1974 are scheduled to be released to the local governments within the first fifteen days of June 1974. The allotment checks for the month of June shall be released within the first five days of June 1974, and all releases thereafter shall be made within the first five days of the following month.
AGRICULTURE Undersecretary Jose D. Drilon Jr., has accentuated the increasing challenge facing the new breed of professionals in relation to the changes now sweeping the; country as the citizenry continues to build a new Society. Addressing this year’s graduating class at the Uni­versity of the Philippines in Baguio City recently, he pointed to the need for the “new leaders” of the community to seek purpose and pursuit as pre-occupations of life. Mr. Drilon added that these changes demand that the gains and the momentum already achieved should be sustained and accelerated.
DEPARTMENT of Labor has now the power to discipline private watch­men or security agencies found to have violated labor laws or against which there is a pending labor claim by any of their employes. Labor Secretary Bias F. Ople said that under a memorandum agreement with the Philippine Constabulary, the DOL has to clear any security firm for any labor law infraction before it can be issued by the PC a renewal permit or new license to operate. The labor chief said this requirement ensures the protection of special watchmen and security guards from abuse or exploitation by their employers.

Official Gazette for May 9, 1974: THE PRESIDENT announced that he would call upon Barangay leaders to cooperate with the local police forces in ferreting out crimes all over the country and in bringing criminals to justice. In a speech before the national convention and seminar workshop of the Philippine Confederation of Chiefs of Police (PCCP) at the Maharlika Hall, the President said that although the crime situation in the Philippines seems to be under control, there still are instances of petty crimes reported in certain sections of the country. “It is therefore necessary that we now obtain the services and support of the .entire citizenry,” the President said, adding that no stable civil order can be attained without the cooperation of the citizens.
UNCONDITIONAL support and loyalty of the Filipino Muslim of Mindanao and Sulu was received by the President. The pledge was in the form of a resolution unanimously adopted by the Sultans of the 19 ruling houses of Mindanao and Sulu. The Sultans personally presented the resolution to the President. In accepting the resolution, the President approved a request for the holding of a seminar in Marawi City to explore all possible means of helping the government in the prosecution of the development program for Mindanao and Sulu. In adopting the resolution, the Sultans lauded the President for adopting the policy of strengthening Muslim communities through economic and social development; development of the Muslim individual by giving him more opportunity to serve in the government, including the armed forces; and his sincerity in prosecuting the Mindanao development program.
AGENCIES engaged in various programs and projects for out-of-school youths will soon be coordinated and their functions and efforts pooled under a single development policy. This was the message given by the President in a speech read for him by Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor Jr. at the close of the five-day 22nd National 4-H Club Congress at the College of Agriculture in Los Baños, Laguna. The President said that the government will place these programs under one umbrella through the National Manpower and Youth Council.
SECRETARY of Information Francisco S. Tatad proposed an integrated approach to the problem of juvenile delinquency, saying that it is a national problem that demands the attention of parents, the police, social welfare institutions, the socio-economic planners, education and manpower development agencies. He proposed closer interaction among the agencies involved in meeting the problem, particularly the social welfare and police agencies. Speaking at the seminar-workshop of the Philippine Confederation of Chiefs of Police at Philamlife Auditorium, the secretary said there should be a competent documentation of the problem on an inter-disciplinary basis, with the police and the social worker exchanging relevant statistics. He also proposed that educational institutions enlist the police agencies in teaching the value of authority to the youth.
THE PRESIDENT said the programmed integration of the country’s police forces into a unified command will be implemented throughout the country in 1975. He said the overall objective of the plan is to strengthen the government’s peace-keeping activities and go to give proper protection and incentive to the forces’ rank-and-file. The President made these remarks in a speech before chiefs of police all over the country who are in Manila attending a week-long seminar workshop on Modern Police Administration and Crime Prevention. During the occasion, held at the Maharlika Hall of Malacañang, the President also signed a decree amending the Police Act of 1966 to suit the needs of the envisioned integration.
GRATITUDE of the people and government of the Philippines was extended by the President to the Republic of China for a $25,000 seed donation to the First Lady’s Green Revolution. In presenting the dona­tion, Ambassador Liu Chieh of the Republic of China said the donation of various vegetable seeds is a token of support to the First Lady’s Green Revolution. He expressed hope the seeds would bring “greater abundance.”

Official Gazette for May 10, 1974: THE PRESIDENT launched the Four-Year Development Program for the Philippine rural banking system, and called on the almost 600 members of the Association of Rural Banks of the Philippines to exert all their efforts in support of this program. The President launched the preponderantly social and economic oriented program, at the opening of the 21st annual convention of the Association at the Maharlika Hall of Malacañang. The President said the Four-Year Development Program seeks to improve the distribution of wealth, equalize economic opportunities, and generally raise the standard of living of the masses.
REDUCTION in the tariff duty on vegetable oils and some industrial oil import products has been ordered by the President to bring down the cost of consumer and industrial goods based on these products. Embodied in Executive Order No. 428, the Presidential directive provides a 20 percent rate of import duty on items under tariff heading No. 15.07 covering linseed oil, palm oil, tund and oiticica oil and soya beans either in the form of “fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, refined or purified.” The Chief Executive also ordered a downward revision of products listed under tariff heading 33.01 covering peppermint and spearmint oils and lime and lemon oils either in the form of “essential oils (terpeneless or not) concretes and absolutes or resinoids,” from 30 percent ad valorem to 10 percent.
THE PRESIDENT has authorized the release of a total of P44,399,362 as budgetary aid or financial assistance for development projects of local governments, according to the Department of Finance. The release of the P44.2 million aid was authorized by the President upon recommendation of Finance Secretary Cesar E. A. Virata and Secretary Jose A. Roño of the Department of Local Government and Community’ Development.
COCKFIGHTING has finally come into its own as a national sport with the issuance by the President of the “Cockfighting Law of 1974” (Presidential Decree No. 449). The decree regulates and promotes cockfighting as a vehicle for the preservation and perpetuation of native Filipino heritage and its establishment as a national source of recreation relaxation, and entertainment. Gambling in the premises will be strictly regulated, and no wagering except that on the fighting cocks will be allowed. PD 449 takes effect after its publication in the Official Gazette.
THE GOVERNMENT has taken steps to ensure the wider utilization by the people of the current advances in crop protection, science and technology, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry. The BPI; the main government agency entrusted with the protection of the country’s agricultural crops, said the move is in line with the observance of the first Crop Protection Week. Among the actions taken by the government were: 1) The issuance of Proclamation No. 1256, setting aside every second week of May as Crop Protection Week “to remind the people of the importance of protecting crops from pests and diseases;” and 2) The intensification of pest control activities, including the on-going seminars and demonstrations in strategic places in the country as sponsored by the Bureau of Plant Industry.

Official Gazette for May 11, 1974: PRIVATE schools may now apply for increases in tuition and other fees not to exceed 15 percent of the rates charged last schoolyear. The President issued Presidential Decree No. 451 authorizing the secretary of education and culture to regulate the imposition of school fees in private schools, colleges and universities. At the same time, it repeals Republic Act No. 6139, the old system which provided a cumbersome and time-consuming procedure for the approval of tuition fee increases.
NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority has created an interagency commission on interest rates that would make a thorough study and review of existing government policies on interest rates. NEDA Director-General Gerardo P. Sicat said the committee is ex­pected to come, up with recommendations that would be the subject of NEDA discussions on interest rates and its implications on national development. It is composed of representatives and technical officials from the NEDA, Central Bank, the Department of Finance, the Board of Investments, and other government agencies.
THE PRESIDENT appointed the municipal officials • of the municipality of Esperanza, in Sultan Kudarat province, Headed by Mayor Esperidion Limson. The other municipal officials appointed are: Vice Mayor Castor Villanueva arid Councilors Genoveva Empig, Arcadio Napoles, Pedro Roa; Jose Libo-on, Placido Garde, Eleazar Custilo, Claudia Galapati and Mariano Garumba.
PHILIPPINE Medical Care Commission has proposed the training of the country’s pharmacists on health work so that they can fit in into the national health program. Dr. Pacifico E. Marcos, PMCC Chairman, made the proposal in a speech at the 28th annual national convention of the Philippine Pharmaceutical Association held at the College of Forestry, University of the Philippines, in Los Baños, Laguna; Dr. Marcos, at the same time, urged them to undertake clinical research on medicinal plants and animals so that such plants and animals may become sources of raw materials for the manufacture of drugs and medicines.
FERTILIZER Industry Authority Executive Director Daniel G. Carreon announced that starting next month a price and quality standardization scheme for guano fertilizer will be imposed in line with the President’s directive to exploit and develop guano deposits in the country. This was announced as he asked a gathering of guano operators and producers to immediately register with the FIA for the prompt implementation of such standardization scheme. He said the standardization scheme will be implemented through provincial and regional laboratories of the Bureau of Soils and the Philippine Sugar Institute.

Official Gazette for May 12, 1974: THE PRESIDENT has harnessed the country’s 35 stock savings loan associations to: help in the financing of agricultural projects by empowering them to grant loans under the Land Reform Program. Under Presidential Decree No. 450, the agricultural loans may be medium-term (one to five years) or long-term (more than five years). But the President said that such stock savings and loan associations should also help in the financing of agricultural projects and boost the country’s food production.
CONSULTATIVE council composed of Muslim leaders has been created by the President to involve the Muslim community in the governments policy formulation activities, especially in relation to the development programs for Muslim Mindanao. In an executive order issued by the President, the council is charged with the task of advising the President on Muslim affairs and of acting as the representative body for the Muslim communities. In signing the executive order, the President stressed that it is the New Society’s aim to achieve national unity through the involvement of all sectors in government activities.

Official Gazette for May 13, 1974: THE PRESIDENT’S order reducing the tariff rates on imported coconut oil substitutes by 10 to 30 percent is a boon to local consumers and will result in net earnings for the government up to about $25 million annually. Agriculture Undersecretary Jose D. Drilon Jr., who is concurrently chairman of the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Committee, said the new tariff rates embodied in Executive Order No. 428 will encourage the importation and use of oil cheaper than coconut oil.
GROUP of American rubber and tire manufacturers lauded the President for his “expert handling of the Mindanao development efforts despite such obstacles as the oil shortage and worldwide inflation.” The Ameri­can businessmen,

President Soeharto has not met Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak at Penang, Malaysia and returned to Jakarta, Sec. [Carlos] Romulo who attended the ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] ministers conference saw Pres. Soeharto to deliver my letter wherein I pointedly accused Malaysia of training the rebels in the south and furnishing arms, equipment and funds to them.

One thing disturbs me and that is that Pres. Soeharto seems to be convinced by Razak. He has said that “he considered the evidence of both parties of equal weight” and the situation in Mindanao is “serious and deteriorating.” I have told him that we can handle the internal situation. We are concerned about war which we must prevent.

I enclose the cable of Romulo and my answer.

He has invited me to meet him in Manado instead of Balikpapan and on the 29-30 and

all occupying top positions in the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, also thanked the Chief Executive for the return of normalcy in the South which, they said, enabled their rubber plantation to operate in full capacity. The group was composed of Russel DeYoung and Charles J. Pilliod, outgoing and incoming chairman, respectively, of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio, and I. B. Thomsen, president of Goodyear International.
SECRETARY of Information Francisco S. Tatad endorsed the promulgation of an advertising code of ethics aimed at upgrading the advertising industry in the country. The draft of the code has been completed, and it represents, he said, a significant convergence, if not agreement, of many interests and hopes of the advertising industry, the government and other sectors of the society. Secretary Tatad said that probably the most important feature of the proposed code is that it is something born not of one viewpoint but of many viewpoints, not of the realities of power and authority but of the reasoned interplay of ideas among men of different persuasions.
TOTAL gross collections of the Bureau of Internal Revenue for the first 10 months of Fiscal Year 1973-74 amounted to a record high of P4,408,091,072.37. This was reported to Finance Secretary Cesar E. A. Virata by BIR Commissioner Misael P. Vera. Commissioner Vera said that the BIR total gross collections from July, 1973 to April, 1974 represented an increase of Pl,589,723,408.75 or 56.29 percent over BIR gross collections for the same period in FY 1972-1973, which amounted to P2,820,367,663.62.
TRAINING center for the development of Muslim community development workers has been set up at the Mindanao State University, according to the Department of Local Government and Community Development. The Community Development Training Center, the first of its kind set up in Mindanao, will train prospective community development workers from the different Mindanao provinces.

Official Gazette for May 14, 1974: THE PRESIDENT granted local private educational institutions authority to raise tuition fees provisionally by 15 percent pending the final action of the Department of Education and Culture on their individual applications to increase tuition fees. The President took this action upon recommendation of the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) in order to give parents of school children time to prepare for, and budget, the school expenses of their children in the next schoolyear, which opens in two weeks’ time.
VALUE of photography and the other arts in “recapturing for man his’sense of community with others,” was stressed by Secretary of Information Francisco S. Tatad. The secretary’s speech was read for him at the award ceremony, First International Color Slides Competition, Thomas Jefferson Center, by Bureau of Broadcasts Officer-in-Charge Antonio de los Reyes. Secretary Tatad noted the ability of photography to make positive statements about the life of man on this planet, and its importance as a medium to recreate the drama of human life. “But most important of all, perhaps, it has brought all humanity a sense of the sameness of their experiences.”
CELEBRATION of the 76th anniversary of Philippine Independence on June 12 will start eight days earlier, on June 5. In a proclamation signed by the President, he said the celebration should be made a “proper occasion to again make a reaffirmation of our continuing commitment to the ideals that had set fire the heats and minds of our people and united them in nation-building. It is but fitting and proper to ensure a nationwide awareness and involvement in the celebration of this significant milestone and to project the goals and objectives of the New Society.”

not on the 25th.

I intend to go there by yacht. Sec. [Alejandro] Melchor [Jr.] went there by C-130 and suggested docking at Bitong instead.

I attach the letter of Pres. Soeharto which I received from Maj. Gen. Noli Jokjobranapolo—and my answer.

Amb. [William] Sullivan met me last Thursday May 9th and reported on his trip to Washington. I attach my notes.

Apparently he cannot promise any of the tactical missiles. But A-4 (Sky Hawk) or F5-A planes and radar for the south on credit (FMS [Flight Management Systems?]).

Sugar—1.5 million tons quota and reduction of the tariff on coconut oil and veneer.

So I intend to issue the three decrees—Retail Trade, Anti-Dummy Amendment and length of leases as well as the press statement on the one year period of adjustment of real estate titles.

There are new developments on the “Doña Andrea” case. It is an arms smuggling attempt of the same CPP [Communist Party of the Philippines] and NPA [New People’s Army] group that brought in the “Karagatan.”

I attach the reports of the arrest of Fidel [Agcawili?], Manuel [Chongsan?] et al.—