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    "ocrText": "SECRET\n-4-\ninitiative from the Huks and are making definite progress towards\nrestoration of law and order.\n6. Elections. Elections will be held in November 1951 for\nnine seats in the Senate and a number of municipal offices.\nThere is widespread apprehension that the elections will be carried\non in the same atmosphere of intimidation and corruption as in 1949.\nOur Embassy at Manila is seeking to convey indirectly the intense\ninterest of the United States in fair and honest elections. A\nrepetition of the intimidation and fraud of 1949 would provide great\nimpetus to the Huk movement and would add even more to the Filipinos'\nalready cynical attitude about the type of democracy they now have.\nThe Huks have put out a pamphlet entitled \"What to Do About the\nNovember Election; Boycott It! The Huks are trying to put over the\nidea that neither political party in the Philippines can offer the\npeople anything better and that the communist party is their only\nsalvation. Corrupt elections could only play into Huk hands.\nPresident Quirino was able to secure the selection of his slate of\nsenatorial candidates at the recent Liberal Party convention.\nIncluded on the list is his brother, Antonio Quirino, already\nnotorious as a \"fixer\" in matters of import licenses and govern-\nment contracts. Another brother of President Quirino, Eliceo Quirino,\nis Liberal Party candidate for the position of Governor of the\nProvince of Ilocos Sur. Although President Quirino will definitely\nnot bring up this subject, it would be useful to tell him that the\nUnited States is most interested in the elections to be held this\nNovember and that the Philippines will be in the spotlight as a\ndemonstration of the working out of democracy in the Far East.\nJose\nE.Webb\nUnder Secretary\nHARRY\nSECRET"
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