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Friends, I thought this report might be of interest both to peace-lovers as well as to anti-colonialists. mp >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michelle Remoreras Watts [SMTP:mwatts@leland.Stanford.EDU] >> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 12:05 PM >> To: pasualumni@listbot.com; ncpaso@listbot.com >> Subject: PREVENT US Recolonization of the Philippines - Please >> Read!! >> >> Stanford University PASU Alumni >> >> >> >Friends, >> > >> >We have received an appeal from the Nuclear Free and Independent >> >Philippines Coalition to assist them in their campaign to turn back >> U.S. >> >efforts to recolonize the Philippines. For those of you who have not >> >followed these developments, under the guise of a "Visiting Forces >> >Agreement" (An Acess/Bases agreement by yet another name), the return >> of >> >U.S. military forces was negotiated between the U.S. and the >> Philippines in >> >the last days of the Ramos government. The VFA has been scheduled for >> >Senate debate in March with voting expected March 22-24. >> > >> > The agreement will allow the U.S. to return to the >> Philippines, >> >expanding >> >its access to 2 ports across the nation (initially to number 22!) As >> with >> >the new "Guidelines" for U.S.-Japan Military Cooperation, the U.S. >> will >> >have access to the entire nation during "crises". The air and sea >> port at >> >General Santos in Mindinao (near Indonesia and the strategic Malacca >> >Strait), built with U.S. AID money, is larger than were the U.S. >> bases at >> >Subic Bay and Clark Airfield - COMBINED. >> > >> > The nuclear-free provisions of the Philippine constitution >> require >> >that >> >this agreement be ratified by the Philippine senate if it is to go >> into >> >force. The U.S. has been exploiting both the regional/global economic >> >crisis and the recent escalation of Chinese claims to the Spratley >> Islands >> >to win ratification. >> > >> > The outcome of the Philippine enate vote is in doubt. After >> several >> >tactical victories, the Philippine anti-bases movement is mobilizing >> to >> >defend the independence and nuclear freedom regained after four >> centuries >> >of Spanish and U.S. military colonialism. Our friends and >> counterparts in >> >the Philippines are urging people to write to four undecided >> Philippine >> >senators (of whom Juan Ponce Enrile is the most critical) urging them >> to >> >vote against the VFA. Please send letters to: >> > >> > Senator Juan Ponce Enrile >> > Room 401 Marsman Bldg. >> > Muelle de San Francisco >> > Gage 1, Port Area >> > Manila, Philippines >> > Fax: 527-4837 >> > >> > Senator Anna Dominique M.L. Coseteng >> > Room 1202, Sunset View Tower >> > 2230 Roxas Blfd >> > Pasay City, Philippines >> > Fax: 891-7783 >> > >> > Senator Teofisto T. Guingona >> > Fax: 721-4805 >> > >> > Senator Vincente C Sotto III >> > Room 306 Diplomat Bldg. >> > Roxas Blvd., Baclaran >> > Paranaque, Philippines >> > Fax: 831-4194 >> > >> > Thank you, >> > >> > Joseph Gerson >> > >> > >> > >> >fbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbp >> > >> >John M. Miller Internet:fbp@igc.apc.org >> >Foreign Bases Project >> >PO Box 150753 >> >Brooklyn, NY 11215-0014 USA Phone: (718)596-7668 >> >Fax: (718)222-4097 >> > >> >NOTE NEW PHONE & FAX NUMBER >> >fbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbp >> > >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, write to pasualumni-unsubscribe@listbot.com >> Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/
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