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Message from Frank Murphy to President Harry S. Truman
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Message from Frank Murphy to President Harry S. Truman
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WN C203 YN90 P P P TAPE WNC V RNC NR C 84/27 P US PRINCETON CK 288P GOVT PRIORITY 262316Z BT GOVT NAVY PRESIDENT TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC BT THE USS PRINCETON ARRIVED IN MANILA HARBOR AT EIGHT OCLOCK THIS MORNING PERIOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS AND A REPEAT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT I WANT TO DELIVER FORMALLY THE BODY LATE OF BHATE PRESIDENT QUEZON TO MRS QUEZON AND A COMMITTEE DESIGNATED BY PRESIDENT ROXAS AT THREE OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AT PIER 7 MANILA IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING APPROPRIATE RELIGIOUS SERVICE ON BOARD THE SHIP COMMA TO WHICH ALL HIGH GOVERNMENT AND CIVILIAN DIGNITARIES HAVE BEEN INVITED PERIOD BODY WILL THEN BE CONDUCTED BY POPULAR CORTEGE TO MALCANAN PALACE -100) WHERE IT WILL LIE IN STATE UNTIL NINE OCLOCK MASS ON FOLLOWING MORNING TWENTY EIGHT JULY COMMA THENCE TO HALL OF COMGRESS AND NECROLOGICAL SERVICE AT THREE THAT AFTERNOON PERIOD EARLY MORNING TWENTY NINE JULY IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO SANTO TOMAS UNIVERSITY CHURCH TO LIE IN STATE ONCE MORE UNTIL MORNING 1 AUGUST WHEN LAST RITES AND BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE PERIOD CAPTAIN HOSKIS COMMAIGALLANT AND ABLE COMMANDER OF THIS MIGHTY CRAFT COMMA HAVE ARRANGED TO HAVE AN HONOR GUARD OF HIS PLANES FLY OVER MANILA THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE REMAINS OF THE GREAT PATRIOT ARE RETURNED TO -200- HIS PEOPLE AND HIS NATIVE LAND PERIOD I INTEND TO BE PRESENT AT ALL RELIGIOUS FINCTION BETWEEN NOW AND 1 AUGUST AND AM DOING EVERY THING WITHIN MY POWER TO SEE THAT OUR GOVERNMENTS PART IN WORTHY OF MANUEL QUEZON AND THE GREAT EXPERIMENT RECENTLY UNDERTAKEN BY OUR TWO PEOPLE COMMA OF WHICH HIS MEMORY IS A LOVING SYMBOL PERIOD WHEN I HAVE DISCHARGED THESE FINAL DUTIES ON 1 AUGUST I WILL DISPATCH A THIRD AND LAST REPORT TO YOU RPI YOU BEFORE RETURNING HOME PERIOD FRANK MURPHY BT US PRINCETON AR 2045/27 JULY EB WAVADE-ACT