TO:	The Secretary of National Defense
	The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
	The Secretary of Social Welfare
	The Administrator, Agricultural Credit Administration
	The Commissioner, Agricultural Productivity Commission
	The Presidential Assistant on Community Development
	The Chairman-General Manager, Mindanao Development Authority
	The Director, Bureau of Plant Industry

Pursuant to Proclamation No. 108l, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, and in order to bring about the early settlement and rehabilitation of Christians and Muslims in Mindanao who evacuated from their homes in recent years because  of peace and order conditions obtaining in their communities, you are hereby directed to undertake immediately a Special Program of Assistance for the Rehabilitation of Evacuees   (SPARE) in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement entered into and executed by you on May 10, 1972, and with the following modifications and/or supplementary instructions.

1. This Program, is to be known as SPARE for short, shall cover the provinces of Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Sulu.
2. Brig. Gen, Teodorico Almuete (Ret.) of the Department of National Defense shall be  the General Coordinator of SPARE.
3. The Mindanao Development Authority shall exercise field supervision over the  implementation of SPARE.
4. Squatters who are farming in localities covered by SPARE shall not be relocated until they shall have harvested their crops.
5. The Department of Social Welfare shall provide 500 "Bahay Sagip" housing kits for use in SPARE. These shall be turned over to the General Coordinator.
6. The Coordinating Committee created under the aforementioned Memorandum of Agreement is hereby authorized to issue Certificates of Occupancy "to evacuees it may deem qualified therefor. These Certificates of Occupancy shall be treated as a sufficient substitute for land titles for the purpose of granting production (or crop) loans.
7. The Agricultural Credit Administration shall be the source of loans to evacuees, which shall be on concessional terms.
8. Mr. Ramon Cardenas shall monitor and coordinate SPARE activities for the Office of the President and shall be assisted in this respect by the Development Management Staff.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2oth day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.