[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 198, June 26, 1974 ]

TO: The Director-General,
National Economic and Development Authority
 
  The Chairman, Bicol River Basin Council

Pending the formulation of necessary changes on existing arrangements relating to the Bicol Basin Program, it is directed that all activities relating to planning, management and administration of the Program will be under the direct control and supervision of the National Economic and Development Authority through the Regional Development Council for Region No. V.

Further, t in order to provide basis for the formulation of development plans in the Bicol River Basin consistent with regional and national development programs, activities in the area for the time being should mainly consist of project identification, surveys, and pilot project data gathering.

All concerned shall be guided accordingly.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines