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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\nCONFIDANTIAL\nO. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nDept. of State letter,\nAMD\nRECORDSEX\n- 3 -\n5.\nNLT. HC NARS Date 6.11.76\nmeant that in the event the Communist Government was admitted\nthe United States might not later recognize the Communist\nregime. I told him that I saw no immediate prospect of such\nrecognition as there was great opposition to it in this\ncountry. He said that it was the set policy of the Philippines\nnot to recognize the Communist Government and that he had so\ninformed all of the delegates to the Baguio Conference. But\nhe posed the hypothetical question if the United States does\nultimately recognize the Communist Government and the\nPhilippines do not and are put under pressure by the Communist\nGovernment what short of a shooting war will the United States\nGovernment do to help the Philippines? I asked him what spe-\ncifically he had in mind but his answer to that question was\nvery vague. He reiterated, however, several times that it was\nthe \"set policy\" of the Philippines not to recognize the\nCommunist regime.\n5. Abaca:\nBoth Romulo and Elizalde seemed very much disturbed and\nspoke quite vehemently about the legislation now being con-\nsidered by Congress to promote the production of abaca in\nCentral America. General Romulo remarked that at the hear-\nings before the House Committee a representative of the Bureau\nof Inter-American Affairs had appeared as the Department's\nwitness and that there was no indication that the Bureau of\nFar Eastern Affairs had taken any interest. Mr. Ely said that\nFE had taken an interest in this matter for some months and\nhad endeavored to get either in the legislation or in the\nreport some indication that the United States had an interest\nin the production of abaca in the Philippines but pointed out\nthat this was primarily a defense measure which had been\nstrongly supported by other agencies of the Government and as\nwe had no concrete proposal for an abaca program in the\nPhilippines it did not seen feasible at this late date to have\nincluded in the bill any actual financial assistance for\nPhilippine abaca. Mr. Ely also pointed out that there was\nvery strong support fot the Central American bill and raised\nthe question of whether Filipinos and others interested in\nPhilippine abaca might not raise so many questions that no\nlegislation at all would be enacted thereby antagonizing so\nmany people that Philippine interest in the long run would\nsuffer. Elizalde in particular was quite bitter about this\nsubject, saying in effect that if he could not get the\nPhilippines provided for in the legislation he was going to\ndo everything he could to stop it.\n6. Seating of\nCONRIDENTIAL"
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