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    "ocrText": "SECRET\n-2-\ncourse give full and sympathetic consideration to any proposals\nthe countries of Asia may wish to make but that the initiative\nshould come from them. Any further encouragement to President\nQuirino, in view of his well known record for putting words into\nother people's mouths or misinterpreting for his own domestic\npurposes what he does hear, may be used publicly by him in\ndistorted form.\n3. The economic aid program. ECA has requested $ 32.4\nmillion for the Philippine program for fiscal year 1952. The\nExport Import Bank has also agreed to make funds available to\nthe Philippines for bankable projects. We are particularly\ndesirous that the Philippine Government realize that these funds\nare intended to increase Philippine productivity. We wish to\navoid above all the spending of these funds without benefit to\nthe worker and the farmer. For that reason, primary emphasis\nhas been placed on such programs as minimum wage legislation,\nfertilizer distribution, irrigation, agricultural extension\nservices, and resettlement of peasants from the crowded Central\nLuzon Valley to virgin land in Mindanao. ECA has had a staff in\nManila for only a few months and consequently has only begun\nthese projects.\nThe Bell Report envisaged the amount of aid which should be\nextended to the Philippines as $ 250 million spread over a five\nyear period. The Quirino-Foster agreement mentioned this figure\nby reference to the Bell Report. The average Filipino unfortu-\nnately is now firmly convinced that the United States promised to\nextend aid amounting to $ 250 million, and certain Philippine\nCongressmen have even suggested that President Quirino remind you\nof this \"promise\" on the occasion of his visit to you. The\nactual phrasing of paragraph 8 of the Quirino-Foster agreement\nis:\n\"In consideration of the determination of the\nPhilippine Government to act boldly and promptly on\nthe major program designed to fulfill the aspirations\nof the Filipino people, the President of the United\nStates intends to recommend to the United States\nCongress the appropriation of the necessary funds\nthat will\nSECRET"
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