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 CIS NO: 86-H201-20
 TITLE: Oversight Hearing Into the Current Political, Economic, and Civil
     Unrest in the Philippines.
 SOURCE: Committee on Armed Services. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+146 p.
 DATE: Dec. 5, 1985
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 99-1              SUDOC: Y4.Ar5/2a:985-86/26
 ITEM NO: 1012-A; 1012-B
 LC CARD NO: 86-601694               MC ENTRY NO: 86-15016

 Committee H.A.S.C. No. 99-26. Hearing before the Subcom on Military
 Installations and Facilities to examine the Philippine political and
 economic situation and implications for U.S. military bases in the
 Philippines.
   Rep. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) presents a statement (see H201-20.1) and
 participates in questioning witnesses.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Philippine political and economic situation and
     implications for US military bases
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): FOREIGN.RELATIONS;
     MILITARY.BASES,.POSTS.AND.RESERVATIONS; PHILIPPINES (Political and
     economic situation, review and implications for US military bases)

 86-H201-20 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Dec. 5, 1985 p. 2-13
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     SCHUMER, CHARLES E. (Rep, D-NY)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Concerns about Philippine Air Force (PAF) Aug.
     21, 1983 alleged use of U.S. radar for attempted interception of
     airliner carrying returning Philippine opposition leader Benigno S.
     Aquino, Jr.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Philippine political and economic situation and
     implications for US military bases
 DESCRIPTORS: RADAR; AQUINO, BENIGNO S., JR.; MILITARY.AIRCRAFT;
     AIRLINES

 86-H201-20 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Dec. 5, 1985 p. 13-88
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KELLY, JAMES A. (Dep Asst Sec, East Asia and Pacific Aff, DOD)
     MONJO, JOHN C. (Principal Dep Asst Sec, East Asian and Pacific Aff,
        State Dept)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Significance to U.S. strategic interests of
     Philippine political and economic stability; review of U.S. policy to
     encourage Philippine Government reforms; status and importance of U.S.
     military basing rights in the Philippines; explanation of current and
     projected U.S. military and economic assistance to the Philippines.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. DOD, alleged PAF use of U.S. radar for attempted interception of
        Aquino airliner, affadavits from AF personnel on duty Aug. 21, 1983,
        Dec. 1985 (p. 15-31).
     b. State Dept, U.S. aid to the Philippines, FY85-FY87 summary, with
        AID submitted justifications for FY87 (p. 66-81).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Philippine political and economic situation and
     implications for US military bases
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; MILITARY.STRATEGY; MILITARY.ASSISTANCE;
     FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE; RADAR; AQUINO, BENIGNO S., JR.;
     MILITARY.AIRCRAFT; AIRLINES; AIR FORCE; AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
     DEVELOPMENT (Foreign aid to Philippines, FY85-FY87 summary)

 86-H201-20 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Dec. 5, 1985 p. 91-103
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     SASSER, JIM (Sen, D-Tenn)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Urgency of U.S. contingency planning for
     military base alternatives to Philippine sites.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Philippine political and economic situation and
     implications for US military bases
 DESCRIPTORS: PLANNING

 86-H201-20 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Dec. 5, 1985 p. 104-119
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KAHIN, GEORGE M. (intl relations prof, Cornell Univ)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Dangers of maintaining U.S. bases in the
     Philippines in light of communist-led New Peoples Army insurgency and
     Philippine political instability.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Philippine political and economic situation and
     implications for US military bases
 DESCRIPTORS: COMMUNISM; INSURGENCY; NEW PEOPLES ARMY

 86-H201-20 TESTIMONY NO: 5         Dec. 5, 1985 p. 119-144
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     SCHIRMER, DANIEL B. (former history prof, Boston Univ)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Arguments for withdrawal of U.S. bases in the
     Philippines (related correspondence, p. 135-144).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Philippine political and economic situation and
     implications for US military bases