Guerrillas active in Philippines
(NZPA-Reuter Manila, An upsurge in guerrilla: (activity in the Philippines' .by the undergiotrid Com-! munist New People’s Army I lies led to the convening of! |the National Security Coun-l :cil. under President Ferdi-1 'nand Marcos. No details were released, (but a Presidential statement (said that the closed-door ! meeting lasted two hours, I during which the President ' also discussed his proposal to phase out the military courts introduced under martial law nearly fi -e years
'•nd the possible release, (of some detainees against, 'whom no charges have been' ‘formally brought. j At least 20 guerrillas were: !reported killed in several en-l ! counters around the Philip-i ipines in May, and about 14, I civilians and soldiers also died in the clashes, in which : several people were ■ wounded, according to mill- , tary reports. " r he number of guerrillas ! claimed by military sources !to have been killed since the rib ginning of the year has II risen to 70.
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