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 G1 STAT.] PHILIPPINES-MILITARY BASES-MAR. 14, 1947 4019 -!,r(/len irt and accompanying notes between the United States of America . aid,the Republic of the Philippines respecting military bases in the Pi ilippines. Signed at M1anila SMarch 14, 1947; entered into force 3farch 26, 1947. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES CONCERNING MILITARY BASES WHEREAS, the war in the Pacific has confirmed the mutuality of interest of the United States of America and of the Republic of the Philippines in matters relating to the defense of their respective terri- tories and that mutuality of interest demands that the Governments of the two countries take the necessary measures to promote their mutual security and to defend their territories and areas; WHEREAS, the Governments of the United States of America and of the Republic of the Philippines are desirous of cooperating in the common defense of their two countries through arrangements con- sonant with the procedures and objectives of the United Nations, and particularly through a grant to the United States of America by the Republic of the Philippines in the exercise of its title and sovereignty, of the use, free of rent, in furtherance of the mutual interest of both countries, of certain lands of the public domain; WnIEREAS, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines has requested United States assistance in providing for the defense of the Philippines and in developing for such defense effective Philip- pine armed forces; WHEREAS, pursuant to this request the Government of the United States of America has, in view of its interest in the welfare of the Philippines, indicated its intention of dispatching a military mission to the Philippines and of extending to her appropriate assistance in the development of the Philippine defense forces; WHEREAS, a Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States of America of June 29, 1944, authorized the President of the United States of America to acquire bases for the mutual protection of the United States of America and of.the Philippines; and WIEREAS, Joint Resolution No. 4 of the Congress of the Philip. pines, approved July 28, 1945, [1] authorized the President of the United States of America to negotiate with the President of.the Philippines for the establishment of bases provided for in the Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States of America of Jung 29, 1944, with a view to insuring the territorial integrity of the Phil* ippines, the mutual protection of the United States of America and the Philippines, and the maintenance of peace in the Pacific; 1 [Phiippine Ofcial Gasette, VoL 41, No., August 1994, p 349.] March 14, 1947 IT. I. A. S. 1775] 58 Stat. 625 . 48U. . c. §.1235a, 1240 note.

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