USIA: MEDIA SUMMARY FROM USIS MANILA.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R001000130014-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: August 26, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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ZEN/CHJUSMAGPHIL MANILA RP
RHHMBRA/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI
RUHGSJA/USCINCPACREP SUBIC BAY RP
RUHVPAC/HOPACAF HICKAM AFB HI//PA// XP//
RUEAHQA/HOUSAF WASHOC
RUHJOIA/NAVCOMSTAPHI SAN MIGUEL RP
RUHGSJA/NAVINV SERVREGO SUBIC BAY RP
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHOC 4109
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHOC
RHMRATK/13THAF CLARK AB RP//CV/PA//
RUHQHQA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//USIA//
RUHGSCC/COMCARGRU FIVE
RUEHIA/USIA WASHDC 7996
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TO CINCPACREPPH; CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HI PA, XP; HQ PACAF
HICKAM AFB HI//IN//; HQSUSAF; NAVINV SERVREGO SUBIC BAY
RP; SECSTATE FOR EAP/PHL AND EAP/P, PASS AID-AA/XA-TOM
BLANK; SECDEF FOR ISA/EAPR; 13THAF CLARK AB RP CV, PA
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: USIA: MEDIA SUMMARY FROM USIS MANILA,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1988:
RP HEADLINES:
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HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WANTS THE PROPOSED '
28.9-BILLION PESO 1989 BUDGET CUT-BY-10-BILLION PESOS;
SEI\L SAGUISAG SAYS THERE ARE NO SENATORS ON GRAFT LIST;
AND AQUINO ORDERS CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPTION AT NINOY AQUINO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
SOVIET PROPOSAL TO PULLOUT FROM CAM RANH BAY;
THE JOURNAL/MALAYA QUOTED ACTING FORSEC VAN SAYING RP IS
WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING OF FOREIGN MINISTERS
ON THE SECURITY OF ASIA-PACIFIC PROPOSED BY THE SOVIET
UNION. BULLETIN SAID VIETNAM SUPPORTS THE SOVIET
PROPOSAL. INTERCO PRESS ITEM IN BULLETIN SAID RP "SHOULD
NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE GEOPOLITICAL REALITY THAT IT LIES
IN THE TRAJECTORY OF SOVIET EXPANSIONISM." BIGORNIA
COLUMN IN BULLETIN SAID ASEAN LEADERS "FEEL MORE SECURE"
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WITH THE RETENTION OF THE BASES IN RP. STARWEEK MAGAZINE
ITEM SAID THE "SOVIET OFFER FOR A PULLOUT AND AMERICAN
REACTION OF COOLNESS SHOWS THE AMERICANS ARE NOT THAT HOT
IN TRANSFERRING THE BASES ELSEWHERE."
VARIOUS PAPERS SAID FORSEC MANGLAPUS, IN AN ARTICLE THAT
APPEARED IN WASHINGTON POST, DISPUTED FORMER U.S.
AMBASSADOR KIRKPATRICK'S ALLEGATIONS THAT RP IS DEMANDING
US DOLS 1.2 BILLION FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF U.S. BASES
"UNDER THE GUISE OF A FIVE-YEAR REVIEW," AND NOTED THAT
KIRKPATRICK "PERPETUATES THE CONDESCENSION THAT THE U.S.
IS IN THE PHILIPPINES ONLY TO PROTECT THE PHILIPPINES AND
THEREFORE IT IS UNGRATEFUL OF THE FILIPINOS TO DEMAND
BETTER TERMS ON THE BASES." GLOBE REUTER ITEM QUOTED THE
REAGAN ADMINISTRATION SAYING DEADLOCK IN THE BASES TALKS
OVER COMPENSATION ISSUE MAY HURT RP-U.S. RELATIONS.
BULLETIN GUEVARA COLUMN SAID THE PEOPLE OF MINDANAO HAVE
FORMALLY OFFERED PARANG AS SITE FOR THE USAF AND MALABANG
AS SITE FOR THE U.S. NAVY 7TH FLEET. STANDARD BERNARDO
LOPEZ ITEM SAID THE MINI-MARSHALL PLAN "REDUCES THE BASES
ISSUE TO A QUESTION OF MONEY AT AN OPPORTUNE TIME OF
ECONOMIC CRISIS AND A MOUNTING DEBT."
OTHER RP - U.S. ITEMS:
MOST PAPERS REPORTED THAT NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
SORIANO IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR ALLEGEDLY RECEIVING
THREE CHECKS TOTALLING P2.3 MILLION FROM INTERNATIONAL
PRECIOUS METALS, INC., A U.S.-BASED FIRM INVOLVED IN
TREASURE DIGGINGS AT FORT SANTIAGO.
BULLETIN SAID U.S. IMMIGRATION LAWYER LEONCIO AQUINO
REPORTED THAT THE U.S. INS HAS DISCOVERED THAT
APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF ALL PETITIONS FOR IMMIGRANT
STATUS INVOLVED SUSPECT MARRIAGES.
USIS RELEASES:
PHOTO SHOWING DIRECTOR BUTLER SIGNING A 5-MILLION PESO
USAID GRANT WITH MRMF LAWYER PARDO (BULLETIN/THE
JOURNAL/STAR).
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USIA
TO CINCPACREPPH; CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HI PA, XP; HO PACAF
HICKAM AFB HI//IN//; HQSUSAF; NAVINV SERVREGO SUBIC BAY
RP; SECSTATE FOR EAP/PHL AND EAP/P, PASS AID-AA/XA-TOM
BLANK; SECDEF FOR ISA/EAPR; 13THAF CLARK AB RP CV, PA
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: USIA: MEDIA SUMMARY FROM USIS MANILA,
RP - USSR ITEMS:
BULLETIN/MALAYA SAID THE GOVERNMENT WARNED THAT A RUSSIAN
SPY SATELLITE MAY FALL INTO RP. PEOPLE'S JOURNAL SAID
THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL INSIDE THE SATELLITE IS ENOUGH
TO CAUSE SEVERAL HUNDRED CASES OF CANCER AND QUOTED AN RP
SCIENTIST SAYING THE RUSSIANS NEVER RELEASED A PICTURE OF
THE SATELLITE "BECAUSE IT WAS USED TO SPY ON U.S.
BATTLESHIPS AND SUBMARINES." INQUIRER SAID TRADE SEC.
CONCEPCION ASKED THE SOVIET UNION TO INCREASE ITS
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PURCHASE OF LOCAL PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE RP-USSR TRADE
RELATIONS. SCHRAGER
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