MARCOS DISCUSSES INDOCHINA IMPACT ON U.S. -PHILIPPINE TIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-252-12-12-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 16, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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FEWD:INANIY MARCCS SAiD....TONIGHT DEVELOPMENTS IN' INOOrCHI HAD
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MARC'O,S DISCUS" S .INDOCHINA IMPACT ON U.S.-PHI
N A MAJOR +;T' 11V I SED POL I Cy' SPEECH HERE,; MR . MAR CrDS SA ID
8ALA1E OF IORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA," MR MARCOS DECLARED'.
A, CLIMAX..., UE.VEL'O'PMENTS IN INDOCHINA HAVE PATE NTLY'C4AN ED THE
"A OENER,ATION OF CONFLICT IN INDOCHINA IS RAPL L.Y APPROACHI'N
1TEREST" TO A-M,elt.tCA. HENCE, THE NEED FOR Tim PHILIPPINES
TO MAKE A SERIOUS ;REASSESSMENT OF. ITS SECURITY TIES ',r?'1T14' THE
VNI 'W STATES. tR 'MAJ COS SAID. HARD AND DIFFICULT t3ECISIONS
MA Y "'RE AHEAD, HE ADDED.
INDOCHINA AND SOUTH AST ASIA NERE "NO LONGER AN AREA Of VITAI,
THE REFUSAL D;P THEE UNITED. STATES CONGRESS TO EXT END FUR'T-TIER
AID TO IN0DGH[MA STRONGLY; SUGGESTED THAT IN THE U.S "VIt*'l11
3e1 RT~ASSESSING tTS-,RELATIONS !KITH THE U.S., THE.PRESIOENT
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SA 1.a ,THE
PH1 AP NES WANTED AMONG OTHERS TO CLEAR UP T.HE
4$ t:CdJI:T If 5 I N THE BILATERAL MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY.
WIT H NATO `COU ITRI ;;S,, PROVIDED NO IRONCLAD Gt1ARANTEES.OF
AUTOMATIC,AMMER`ICAN 'RETALIATION IN CASE OF AN OUTSIDE,ATTAC
HE NOTED THAT THE TREATY, UNLIKE AMERICAN COMMITMENTS.
AGA 114ST THE , PH.tt:I PP I4IE S.
CASES Of A&GRESStON`,WOULD THE U.S. BE OBLIGATED TO COME.TO THE
ONEQU STI,;pi ID" E CLARIFIED, HE SA'ID, +AS IN WHAT SPECIFIC
EXTERNAL AGRESSION "I F. TH.E PRESENT BASIC RELAT ION (BETWEEN
HAD TO BE MADE ON THE PROBLEM.OF COMMON DEFENSE AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT"SAID THAT "FUNDAMENTAL CLARIFI:-CATIONS"
A RETRENCHMENT I N AMERICAN POWER I N ASIA AND CONCENTRATION OF
MR 'MARCO.S NOTED, THAT MANY AMERICAN LEADERS TODAY FAVQ14EO`
OF tT S IIA..T'`#OtL Itl"IST HE DECLAREO THAT "AN I NTERPRETAT IO1
WHILE HE DID NOT y I?I TO lUEST 10 N AMER 1 CA' S 'I NT;ERPI ETAT I ON
U.S:" RESOU:RCES, CL $, ER TO HOME.
T,KAT. 0ENtG RTES .THE (NT,Er*RITY' OF TREATY COMMITMENTS 01EL,Y,
Im 1TEREI) I,,1;IT'"{I.., I BOUND TO BE OF UTMOST. CONCERN TO THE
NATIONS OF ASt?A,'A:u0 IN PARTICULAR TO THE PHILtPPI,NES."
I Ht PtHILIPPINt, AN13 I,.tIE U.S.) IS TO CONT.INUE."',,..
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