Pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and in my capacity as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippine, there is hereby created a Special Committee on Travel for Abroad to be composed of the following:

Undersecretary Manuel Collantes ........................................................................................

Chairman

A representative from the Department of Tourism .................................................................

Member

Rony Diaz of the National Manpower and Youth Council .....................................................

Member

Nicanor Fuentes of the NEDA ...........................................................................................

Member

A representative from the Office of the President .................................................................

Member

The Committee shall formulate the policies and guidelines which shall govern the travel of Filipinos abroad.

To implement the policies and guidelines formulated by the Committee, an Executive Body Is hereby created to be composed of the following:

Undersecretary Manuel Collantes as Executive Officer; and as Assistant Executive Officers Commissioner Edmundo Reyes of the Bureau of Immigration and General Fabian Ver of the Office of the President.

These officials may ask any department, bureau, office agency or instrumentality of  the Government for such assistance as they may need in the performance of their duties.

The Committee shall complete within one week from, issuance of these instructions the  formulation of the policies and guidelines mentioned herein, which shall serve as the basis for the Executive Body in acting upon travel applications and issuance of the corresponding clearances.

These instructions shall take effect immediately.