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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 3, 1946
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
The independence achieved today by the Philippines
comes after a period of forty-eight years of American sovereignty
over the Islands. Throughout this period it has been the
consistently expressed policy of this Government, as revealed in
the Instructions of President McKinley to the Philippine Commission,
the Jones Law, and the Tydings-McDuffie Law, to prepare the people
of the Philippines for independence. An ever increasing measure
of self-government has been granted to the Filipino people as year
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after year they demonstrated their capacity for democratic self-
government.
With independence the Republic of the Philippines is
admittedly confronted with many difficult problems. Almost any new
nation facing independence would be confronted with similar problems.
I am confident, however, that the Filipino people will
meet the challenge of independence with courage and determination.
The United States stands ready to assist the Philippines in every
way possible during the years to come. Together, solutions will
be found for the problems which the Philippines will eccounter.
It is more than symbolic that our two countries should be
jointly celebrating July 4 as Independence Day. It is my hope that
each succeeding July 4 will constitute a milestone of progress along
the path of mutual cooperation for the achievement of international
understanding and well being.