Pres. Quezon sent this desperate cable to US Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 8, 1942: “After nine weeks of fighting, not even a small amount of aid has reached us from the United States. Help and assistance have been sent to other belligerent nations… but seemingly no attempt has been made to transport anything here…. [T]he United States has practically doomed the Philippines to almost total extinction to secure a breathing space.” Read more: globalnation.inquirer.net/80175/the-threats-from-japan-and-china-sona-then-and-now#ixzz2Z50WxffA Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 03:06:18 +0000
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