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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nOSD letter, May 3, 1972\nNLT-NC NARS Date 7-16-75\nTAB\nPRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES PERTAINING TO THE\nU.S. MILITARY BASE SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES TO BE USED AS A BASIS\nFOR DETAILED DISCUSSIONS AND STAFF STUDIES\n1. The principle is agreed that the fullest and closest military\ncooperation will be observed between the U.S. and the Philippine Govern-\nment and the military plans of the U.S. and the Philippine Government for\nthe Philippines area will be closely integrated in order to ensure the\nfull and mutual protection of the U.S. and the Philippines.\n2. The military forces of the U.S. will be accorded free access to,\nand movement between, ports, U.S. military bases, and U.S. installations\nin the Philippines, by land, sea, and air.\n3. Military aircraft of the U.S. will be allowed to operate without\nrestriction into and from U.S. bases and over surrounding territory. U.S.\nmilitary forces will be allowed to enter and depart from the Philippines,\nincluding territorial waters, at will.\n4. The U.S. will have the right to import free of duty, materiel,\nequipment, and supplies requisite to the improvement, maintenance, opera-\ntion, and defense of U.S. military bases.\n5. The U.S. will have the right to maintain such personnel as may\nbe requisite for the operations and defense of bases and facilities.\nARCHIVES AND\nRECORDS\n6. Pending development of the detailed plan, the U.S. will retain\nSERVICE'S\nall sites which were held by the U.S. Army as military reservations on\nGOVERNMENT\n7 December 1941 and will be accorded rights to sites in the localities\nshown on the attached Appendix.\n7. The U.S. will have the right to retain, or to exchange for sites\nlisted in paragraph 6 above, those sites wherein are located bases, instal-\nlations, or facilities which have been or may be developed in the course of\nthe present war, to acquire additional sites in the vicinity of U.S. naval\nbases, and to acquire such sites in the future as may be required by changes\nin the means and methods of warfare, including the development of new\nweapons. The U.S. will have the right to acquire sites and install, main-\ntain and operate thereon, the required communication and navigation faci-\nlities and radar installations.\n8. The U.S. will retain U.S. military cemeteries and sites of histori-\ncal significance to the U.S. in the Philippines.\n9. Consideration will be given to Filipino participation in certain\nU.S. bases and vice versa as indicated by the military situation.\n10. No nation other than the U.S. or the Philippines is to be permitted\nto establish or make use of any bases in the Philippines without the prior\nagreement of both the U.S. and Philippine Governments.\nTOP SECRET"
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