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Determined to act, and that quickly, the young officer interviewed his colonel, and both went to see General MacArthur. A private conversation lasting almost quarter of an hour ensued, and at the conclusion Ben was given permission to take his battalion from Tarlac, bring them to Manila, and then turn to the southeast and push on through Cavite Province and Neritas, in an endeavor to rescue Walter and bring Benedicto and José Lupez to swift justice.