POSSIBLE REASONS FOR CHANGES BY PRESIDENT QUIRINO IN DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006000740005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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MMATUION REPORT
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~: IECJ Possible Reasons for Changes by President:. ''uirinc
in. Department of National Defense
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L, There is a i idespread belief in xtanila, that President r'u7rino retained Ma.7or
General ?bari ano Castaneda, J,.rm.ed Forces Chief of Staff ? and relieeTed
Ruperto Kangleon. former National Defense Secretary; because the Presicientt's
only meats of exerting control o-,,rer Philippine armed force.T 13 th'?cugh
General r staneda., *
It is believed that Pret:iderit, ~u _ri.ac- may have d-c:.~.ded to send the best.
Philippine Arrq officers and enlisted men to Korea with the 10th i3a.ttai ion
Combat Team (BCT)33r in an effor to rid the nrmy of mutinous e],Pinent. o x,h;
,.a jor Napoleon Valeriano ~= ' an able combat officer who is great:"y ?'e.red
by the Hukbong .apagpalaya Ng Bayan (HMB), and who was court-martf_all.ec.
In 1949 for anti ,-administrattion activities, is scheduled to command thy.
20th x3CT if it is sent to Korea,..
Comment. reported that-, President. r n. ri rte via-, 25X1 A
considering he^ ~css.ih tl?_t.c. of declaring martial law in tho Ph.i.Li.p-
pines and of turning the Government over to General ;astan.n_cia.,
- recently reported the President Is personal eva? uat? on of
ton Philippine military l.ea.ders,, - reported that Ca t.ar?eda 25X1A
,.vould support xntenio (-uiri..no for the senate aizainm tt .:,eratar? Peral.,ta,
Comrneni;. The 10th BCT has departed for Korea.:.
Comment:. - reported on the lack of confic ence of 25X1 A
"i.ti.opine Army- officers in the ''ui.rino Administration, and r3rrea.1ed
t na~ staff officers have irdieated a desire to replace the r'reriuen'')
with a military roan,
=Comment-. Valer~ianc~, former leader of the .Nenita unit, of
t ine P ilippi.ne Constabulary, was acouitted by a court marti & i in
Apii.1 1950, but was subsecuently reduced in rank fr.can l..ieutenFant,
colonel., reported that Valeriano would be appointed C-2
of the Philippine Constabulary to replace L1.euterani- 'ol.onel it c6 rl r-
Assistio who was t' be investigated for alleged corrupt acts v i t i Ens n
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