No Filippino Troops for South Vietnam

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According to Manila Chronicle of March 14th, the Philippine Committee on National Defence has ruled out any obligation by the Philippines to send troops to South Vietnam to help the U.S.. The Vice-Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives, Salipada Pendatun, disclosed on March 5th that the U.S. State Department was still pressing for the despatch of Filippino troops to South Vietnam The report of the Committee also ‘strongly recommended! the re-examination and revision of all military agreements with the U.S. It stressed’ the need for Philippine consent before U.S. bases on her soil could be ued for foreign operations. It seems as though the British Government could learn something from a country which has usually been considered an fmerican puppet on how to stand up to U.S. pressure,