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ILIPINO efforts to make the Philippines safe from military invasion by the time the United States grants the islands independence in 1946 have been abandoned, informed sources revealed today.
Germany's smashing victories over small nations in. Europe have convinced Filipino leaders that they must look to the United Slates for protection from aggressor nations. ordination of Philippine Common-First steps "toward closer wealth armed forces and those of the United States In the islands were believed to have been taken during recent conferences between Common-Wealth President Manuel L.. Quezon. US High Commissioner Francis B. Sayre and Maj.-Gen. George Gruner! commander of the U.S. Army's Philippine. Department, Ma}.-Gen. Dougiag MacArthur, former U.S. Army eblef of staff and for the last five years military adviser to Sr. Quezon, did not participate in the conferences.
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