USIA: MEDIA SUMMARY FROM USIS MANILA.

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP90M00005R001000130014-7

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November 30, 2012

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August 26, 1988

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/30: CIA-RDP90M00005R001000130014-7 UNCLASSIF1E STAT 08/ / UNCLASSIFIED FRP: STATE 88 0394906 SUR PAGE 001 TOR: 260836Z SEP 88 NC 0394906 MANILA 31104 RR RUEAIIB ZNR UUUUU ZOC STATE ZZH RPI 1322 RR RUEHC DE RUEHML #1104/01 2700826 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 260824Z SEP 88 FM AMEMBASSY MANILA TO RUMVCB/AMCONSUL CEBU 2399 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 BT UNCLAS MANILA 31104 USIA 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: - - 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" UNCLASS IF 1ED OCA INCOMING Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/30: CIA-RDP90M00005R001000130014-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/30: CIA-RDP90M00005R001000130014-7 UNCLASSIFIED 88 0394906 SUR PAGE 002 NC 0394906 TOR: 260836Z SEP 88 MANILA 31104 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). UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 MANILA 31104 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 U CLASSIFIED Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/30: CIA-RDP90M00005R001000130014-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/30: CIA-RDP90M00005R001000130014-7 CL SSIFIED 88 0394906 SUR PAGE 003 NC 0394906 TOR: 260836Z SEP 88 MANILA 31104 PURCHASE OF LOCAL PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE RP-USSR TRADE RELATIONS. SCHRAGER END OF MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIHE Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/30: CIA-RDP90M00005R001000130014-7