WIFE OF MARCOS IS CALLED SUSPECT IN ASSASSINATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R002304490016-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 22, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON POST
22 September 1983
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track of Aquino throwg hout his exile Imelda whom the CIA calls
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Philippines DIA report explained: area-crucial to'any seizure-of po~c.
:It's no secret that Marcos would "The new [military] attache team er-are, .like. Ver, natives of Iloc
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like to see his .wife succeed him. was selected . by" Benjamin ; Romual Norte.. province in ; . northwestep.i
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i ing out that she wasn't even a mem brother :aof First Lady Imelda Mar turf.
ber of _ the ` Cabinet Executive Coin cos,. and confirmed by -Armed Forces The, CIA's conclusion: In real
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mittee, he appointed her to that Chief of Staff Gen. Fabian Ver" power struggle ....Ver and his p02'_.'
committee last year The DIA report continues "The teges,'' along with Imelda, may we
Marcos also sponsored, the rise of new team is also'expected to monitor ' win:
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