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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: WHORM Subject Files Folder Title: CO 125 (Philippines) 414000- 414999 Box: 152 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ eu 11u111111 I I DE 111 Bti 1111a1111 ue Ii nB 11 yg D 11 £//It-~ b tJ .·.·· UNCLASSIFIED ~J;;j~ / NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ,:/;::'~tJtJ/_ SECRETARIAT 1-tp, 1 4-..:r ... '-'(_Ct.. /1 PAGE 01 MANILA 6098 DTG:Z11053Z FEB 86 PSN:033628 ~ ~~ EOB300 AN002872 TOR: 05Z/1233Z CSN: HCE674 MACARTHUR DUR I NG THE WAR, AND QUASHA, \/HO SERVED ON MACARTHUR'S STAFF FOR 4 YEARS DUR ING THE \/AR. DISTRIBUTION: !ili.!J!.::.!!. SIGU-01 LAUX-01 /003 A2 FIVE OF THEM MET \.llTH CHIP ANDREAS, ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE OF SEN. RICHARD LUGAR (REP. INDIANA) \/HO HEADED THE WHTS ASS I GNEO DI STR I BUT I ON: OBSERVER TEAM. SIT: EOB: QUOT I NG A RECENT SPEAKER AT A FORUM HELD BY THE CHAMBER AND THE ORGANIZATION CALLED REPUBLICANS ABROAD FOR THE PHILIPPINES, QUASHA SAID: OP IMMED OPEN QUOTE THE HYSTER I A LARGEDL Y CREATED BY THE U.S. STUSS66 PRESS REMI NOS ONE OF OTHER CONCERN FOR PERHAPS, DE RUEHML #6098/01 0521056 CONSPIRATOR I AL CAMPAIGNS AGAINST OTHER NAT IONS CAUSING 0 211053Z FEB 86 MANY OF OUR PEOPLE TO ADOPT A LYNCH-MOB MENTALITY. FM AMEMBASSV MANILA INDEED, llE SEE PRESS TERROR I SM OF THE AMER I CAN PSYCHE. THIS IS A TIME TO STAND BACK, WAIT FOR REAL HARD TO USDOC WASHOC IMMEDIATE EV I DENCE \.IHI CH NONE OF THE W. S.) OBSERVES CAN PRODUCE THAT WOULD STAND UP IN A COURT OF LAW. LET US NOT INFO SECSTATE \.IASHDC 9108 ARROGATE TO OURSELVES THE ROLE OF INVESTIGATOR, PROSECUTOR, TRIAL JUDGE AND SUPREME COURT, SUCH IS NOT UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MANILA 06098 AMERICAN JUSTICE. END QUOTE BURTON, WHO TOLD PNA HE \/AS OPEN QUOTE NEITHER FOR 4430/IEP/EAP/OPB/GPAINE MARCOS NOR AQUINO END QUOTE SAID HE WAS DEEPLY DISTURBED 3130/USFCS/OFO/RJACKSON AT THE APPARENT LYNCH-MOB MENTALITY OF SOME PEOPLE IN THE U.S. PRESS AND IN CONGRESS. HE SAID HE WAS IN THE E.O. 12356: NIA PHILIPPINES 10 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTIONS. TAGS: BEXP, RP SUBJECT: SECOND AMER I CAN BUS I NESS REACT I ON - ANAL VS IS HE POINTED OUT THAT THE U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TEAM ONLY VISITED 153 OUT OF SOME 90,000 ELECTION PRECINCTS. 1. NEWS ARTICLE APPEARING IN BULLETIN TODAY OF 2/21/86 BURTON ALSO READ INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD PORTIONS AS FOLLOWS, QUOTE: FRON QUASHA'S LETTER PROTESTING THE ONE-SIDED ASSESSMENT AMERICAN BUSINESS LEADERS IN THE PHILIPPINES HAVE ASKED OF THE PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS. THE u. s. CONGRESS NOT TO~'PREJ UDGE THE COUNTRY' s IN TWO DAYS TIME, THE INDIANA LAUMAKEER SAID, THE GROUP POLITICAL SITUATIO~ ARGUING THE FEB. 7 ELECTIONS WERE OF U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS IN JHE PHILIPPINES WOULD SEND NOT AS BAD AS PORTRAYED BY THE MEDIA AND SOME CONGRESS SOME 40 OR Sil CASES OF ALLEGED ELECTION VIOLATION AND LEADERS. INTIMIDATED PERPETRATED BY THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR FREE ELECTION (NAMFREL). HE ASKED THAT THESE RECORDS BE CONGRESS MUST NOT ARROGATE TO ITSELF THE ROLE OF OPEN INCLUDED IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S DOCUMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. QUOTE INVESTIGATOR, PROSECUTOR, TRIAL JUDGE AND SUPREME COURT ENO QUOTE, THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVES SAID IN A LETTER TO REP. DAN BURTON !REPUBLICAN, I NDI ANAi. 2. SCO CONTACTED J.M. THOMPSON OF AMCHAM FOR COMMENT. HE STATES THAT HE DID NOT AUTHORIZE USE OF HIS NAME TO BURTON READ THE LETTER ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF BT REPRESEUATI VES YESTERDAY. THE LETTER WAS SENT BY WILLIAf1"oUASH8., AN AMERICCAN LAWYER IN MANILA, \./HO REPRESENTS BIG U.S. BUSINESS FIRMS IN THE PHILIPPINES. OPEN QUOTE THE LAST PHILIPPINE ELECTION WAS THE LEAST DISHONEST AND THE LEAST BLOODY SINCE ITS INDEPENDENCE Et!D QUOTE QUASHA TOLD BURTON. HE SAID 40 MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE PHILIPPINES (ACCPI MADE THIS ASSESSMENT AND WANTED IT CONVEYED TO CONGRESS BECAUSE OF THE OPEN QUOTE SPATE OF DISTORTED REPORTS END QUOTE IN THE U.S. MEDIA. AMONG THE U.S. BUSINESSMEN IN MANILA WHO HAVE EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERN OVER THE OPEN QUOTE HYSTER I A L AR GEL Y CREATED BY THE U.S. PRESS END QUOTE WERE ALEX KELLER, ACCP BOARD NET1BER AND HEAD OF PROCTER AND GAMBLE, PhlLIPPINE~ J.~ THOMPSON, ACCP EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, BRUCE MEYER ANDiJOHN MANNING. THE AMERICAN RETIRED MILITARY OFFICERS INCLUDE COL. ED RPMSEY, WHO LED A GUERILLA FORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES ~URING WORLD UAR I 1, COL. LEE TELESC~ WHO COORDINATED THE GUERILLA SUBMARINE ACTIVITY FOR GEN. DOUGLAS 1111n1 &l'l'lr-1r-n I I I I I I I I DI I I I I I I I I BI I I I I I I I ID I I I ID I I l·I I I I I UNGLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARIAT PAGE 91 MANILA 6998 DTG:211191Z FEB 86 PSN:.0'33633 EOB31H AN.0'll2871 TOR: ll52/123SZ CSN: HCE675 - 1. WILLIAM QUASHA, ATTORNEY - PARTNER IN QUASHA, DISTRIBUTION: ~ SIGU-lll LAUX-Ill /llll3 A2 ASPER-ILLA, ANCHETA, VALMONTE, PENA AND MARCOS (RPT MARCOS). - 2. ALEX KELLER OF PROCTOR AND GAMBLE - SPECIFICALLY \IHTS ASSIGNED DI STR I BUT I ON: DISASSOCIATES HIMSELF FROM QUASHA STATEMENT. SIT: - 3. J.M. THOMSON, EXEC. VI CE PRES. OF AMCHAM - EOB: SPECIFICALLY DISASSOCIATES HIMSELF FROM QUASHA STATEMENT. - 4. LEE TELESCO - VICE PRESIDENT OF SAN MIGUEL CORP. \IHI CH IS BE I NG BOYCOTTED BY OPPOSITION. - S. BRUCE MEYER, CONSULTANT FILIPINAS DRAVO CORP., A OP IMMED JOINT VENTURE BETllEEN DRAVO CORP. OF U.S.A. AND CDCP OF STU9992 PHILIPPINES, \IHICH IS OWNED BY RODOLFO CUENCA, A WELL DE RUEHML #6.0'98/ll2 05211.0'2 KNOWN MARCOS CRONY. 0 2111.0'1Z FEB 86 - 6. JOHN MANNING OF FAR TRAVEL INC., A LOCAL TRAVEL FM AMEMBASSV MANILA AGENCY - REFUSED COMMENT \IHEN CONTACTED BY FCS THROUGH TELEPHONE. TO USOOC \IASHDC IMMEDIATE INFO SECSTATE WASHDC 91.0'9 - 7. COL. EDWIN RAMSEY OF RAND R INTERNATIONAL INC., A LOCAL AGENCY/REP FIRM - UNCLAS SECTION ll2 OF .0'2 MANILA .0'6.0'98 4. COMMENT: ACCORDING TO INFORMED SOURCES INCLUDING TWO PERSONS NAMED IN BULLETIN ARTICLE, THE QUASHA LETTER 443.0'/IEP/EAP/OPB/GPAINE IS A WILDCARD THROWN ON THE TABLE BY MEN WHOSE LIVES AND 313.0'/USFCS/OFO/RJ ACK SON FORTUNES RE VOL VE ON REL AT I ONSH I PS Ill TH THE MARCOS GOVERNMENT. (SCO/DPTRADER) BOSWORTH E.O. 12356: NIA BT TAGS: BEXP, RP SUBJECT: SECOND AMERICAN BUSINESS REACTION - ANALYSIS ANY LETTER SUCH AS REPORTED, THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AMCHAM MET THIS MORNING AND IS ISSUING THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT, WHICH WILL BE RUN IN MANILA PAPERS AS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT ASAP, BEGIN QUOTE: THE BOARD OF DI RECTORS OF THE AMER I CAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTING SOME 50.0' MEMBERS, UNEQUIVOCALLY DISASSOCIATES THE CHAMBER FROM STATEMENTS OF ATTY. WILL !AM H. QUASHA, AS REPORTED IN THE PRESS, REGARDING THE RECENT ELECTIONS. THE AMCHAM I· BOARD DEPLORES THE PARTISAN APPROACH TAKEN BY ATTORNEY QUASHA, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO AMCHAM POLICY. THE AMCHAM BOARD HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF 4.0' CHAMBER EMEMBERS SUPPORTING QUASHA'S VIEWS, AS CLAIMED BY HIM IN THE PRESS REPORTS. THE BOARD STRESSES THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS ATTORNEY QUASHA AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK FOR THE CHAMBER. AMCHAM DIRECTOR ALEX H. KELLER, AND AMCHAM EVP/DIRECTOR, J. MARSH THOMSON, WHO \./ERE· MENTIONED BY QUASH A AS SUPPORT I NG HIS VI E\IS, WI SH SPECIFICALLY TO DI SAS SOC I ATE THEMSELVES FROM ATTY. QUASHA'S STATEMENTS, AND HAVE SO NOTIFIED HIM INDIVIDUALLY IN WRITING. THE BOARD OF DI RECTORS: JAMES D. BLACK ROBERT F. CASHMAN GEORGE W. DRYSDALE ALEX H. KELLER ROBERTO R. ROMULO ROBERT M. SEARS MICHAEL C. STEPHEN J. MARSH THOMSON KENNETH C. TYAS A. GORDON \IESTL Y FRED C. WHIT I NG 3. CAST OF CHARACTERS IS: 11 ll I" I A C' C" I [' I [' n 0471 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506 January 23, 1986 MEMORANDUM FOR KATHY OSBORNE 'i/ -. FROM: WILLIAM F. MARTI~ SUBJECT: Letter to the President from Quasha We recommend no reply be sent to the letter from Mr. Quasha. His observations are quite sensitive and he has indicated his desire to maintain anonymity. During the period leading up to the election, any reply that might leak has a high probability of being misconstrued. Attachment Tab A 12/20/85 Letter from Quasha to the President THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON TO: John Poindexter FROM: KATHY OSBORNE Personal Secretary to the President DATE: 1-15-86 Is this something your office can handle .... thanks. _Otf1f QUASHA ASPERILLA ANCHETA PENA MARCOS & NOLASCO LAWYERS DON PABLO BUILDING, 114 AMORSOLO ST., MAKATI, METRO MANILA LOCAL MAIL: CCPO BOX 210, MAKATI, METRO MANILA 3117 INTERNATIONAL MAIL: P.O. BOX 7345, AIRMAIL EXCHANGE OFFICE MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3120, PHILIPPINES TELEPHONE: 86-30-11 (12 LINES) CABLE: QUASHA MANILA TELEXES: RCA: 22383 LAW PH: EASTERN: 63678 QUASHA PN: ITT: 45015 QUASHA PM WILLIAM H. QUASHA TELECOPIER: FAX NO. (632) 8176423 OF COUNSEL: CIRILO F. ASPERILLA, JR. ALONZO Q. ANCHETA JUDGE AGAPITO I. CRUZ NILO B. PElilA RAUL I. GOCO MARIANO P. MARCOS ENRIQUE D.