PHILIPPINE FREEDOM
gen. MACARTHUR’S ASSURANCE. (Rec. 10.45 a.m.) MANILA, Aug. 22. General MacArtliur announced that he is discontinuing participation m the Philippines Administration on September 1 because it is no longer necessary. The Associated Press says that a army, hospitals and health services null he handed to the Philippines Government. Fully equipped and staffed schools have been reopened for hundreds of thousands of students. The United States army is expected to continue building major bases which it will bold after the Philippine independence. Large numbers of personnel will remain in the Philippines, particularly servicemen for the handling of supplies for the occupation forces throughout Asia*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 226, 23 August 1945, Page 5
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