By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create the following Task Committees whose composition and membership are hereunder indicated to take charge of all arrangements in connection with the Manila Summit Conference to be held in the City of Manila on October 24-25, 1966, to wit:

The Executive Secretary shall be the over-all Chairman of all the task committees to be created hereunder. In that capacity, he shall assign to them their respective functions, duties and responsibilities. He shall be assisted by the Deputy Director-General for Operations of the Presidential Economic Staff.

1. Conference Secretariat Committee
   
   Undersecretary Jose Ingles
   Department of Foreign Affairs  ............................................... Secretary General 
   Undersecretary Manuel Collantes
   Department of Foreign Affairs  .............................................. Deputy Secretary General
    
   
2. Protocol Committee
      
   Ambassador Manuel Zamora
   Malaca ang Protocol Office   ...............................................  Chairman
   Ambassador Alberto Katigbak
   Department of Foreign Affairs   ...............................................  Member
   
   
3. Reception and Departure Committee
    
   Ambassador Alberto Katigbak
   Department of Foreign Affairs   ...............................................  Chairman
   Col. Cesar Jimenez
   Department of National Defense  .............................................. Member
   Ambassador Manuel Zamora
   Malaca ang Protocol Office   .........................................................  œ  
   Commissioner Augusto Ressurrecion
   Board of Travel & Tourist Industry   ............................................... œ
   Mrs. Carlos Romulo, Jr.   ............................................................... œ
   
   
4. Special Arrangement Committee   
   
   Assistant Executive Secretary
   Jose J. Leido, Jr.
   Malaca ang Executive Office   ...............................................  Chairman
   Capt. Jaime Venago
   Malaca ang Executive Office   ...............................................  Member
   Mr. Dominador Cepeda
   Philippine National Bank   ....................................................... œ
   
   
5. Communications Committee   
   
   Undersecretary Manuel B. Syquio
   Department of National Defense  ...............................................   Chairman
   Director Antonio C. Gamboa, Jr.
   Bureau of Telecommunications   ...................................................  Member
   Lt. Col. Magtanggol N. Ongchangco
   Department of National Defense   ................................................. œ
   Major Cesar G. Hechanova
   Department of National Defense   .....................................................  œ
   Mr. Homer Pratto
   Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.   ............................................... œ
   
   
6. Transportation Committee 
    
   Commissioner Romeo F. Edu
   Land Transportation Commission   ...............................................  Chairman
   Commissioner Baltazar Aquino
   Public Highways Commission   .....................................................  Member
   Commissioner Edmundo Reyes
   Immigration Commission   ...............................................................  œ
   Lt. Col. Carlos B. Flores
   TRAFCON, Philippine Constabulary   ...............................................  œ
   
   
7. Billeting Committee
   
   Commissioner Jose S. Clemente, Jr.
   Board of Travel & Tourist Industry   ...............................................  Chairman
   Commissioner Augusto Ressurrecion
   Board of Travel & Tourist Industry   ...............................................  Member
   Mr. Iluminado Torres  ...................................................................... œ
   Department of Foreign Affairs
   
   
8. Social Functions Committee   
   
   Mrs. Lourdes Villacorta
   Malaca ang Social Office   ...............................................  Chairman
   Ambassador Manuel Zamora
   Malaca ang Protocol Office  ...............................................   Member
   Mr. Iluminado Torres
   Department of Foreign Affairs   ................................................  œ
   
   
9.  Finance Committee   
   
   Commissioner Faustino Sy Changco
   Budget Commission   .................................................................  Chairman
   Mr. Cesar Dumlao
   Malaca ang Finance Division    Member
   
   
10. Security Committee
    
    Gen. Ismael D. Lapuz
    National Intelligence Coordinating Agency   ...............................................  Chairman
    Gen. Segundo Velasco
    Philippine Constabulary   ...............................................  Vice-Chairman
    Gen. Ricardo Papa
    Manila Police Department   ...............................................  Member
    
    
11. Press Committee   
    
    Secretary Jose Aspiras
    Malaca ang Press Office   ...............................................  Chairman
    Assistant Press Secretary Jacobo Clave
    Malaca ang Press Office   ...............................................  Member
    Mr. Nereo Andolong
    Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office   ...............................................  œ
    
    
12. Committee on Food   
    
    Assistant Executive Secretary
    Gilberto M. Duavit
    Malaca ang Executive Office   ...............................................  Chairman
    Mrs. Celia Diaz Laurel
    Philippine Tourist & Travel Assn.  ...............................................   Member
    
    
13. Coordinating Committee
      
    Assistant Executive Secretary
    Jose J. Leido, Jr.
    Malaca ang Executive Office   ...............................................  Chairman
    Deputy Director-General
    Alejandro Melchor
    Presidential Economic Staff    ............................................... Vice-Chairman
    Capt. Romeo Solina
    Malaca ang Executive Office   ...............................................  Member
    Lt. (SG) Vicente Brillantes
    Presidential Economic Staff   ...............................................  œ
    Major Roberto V. Reyes
    Presidential Economic Staff   ...............................................  œ
    Mr. Jose P. Mananzan
    Presidential Economic Staff   ...............................................  Member
    
    
14. Welcoming Committee   
    
    Undersecretary Onofre D. Corpuz
    Department of Education   ...............................................  Chairman
    Assistant Executive Secretary
    Flores A. Bayot
    Malaca ang Executive Office   ...............................................  Vice-Chairman
    
    
15. Physical Arrangement Committee
       
    Undersecretary Manuel Feliciano
    Department of Public Works and Communications   ...............................................  Chairman
    Mr. Narciso G. Angeles
    Board of Censors for Motion Pictures   ...............................................  Member
    Engineer Timoteo Manzanero
    Malaca ang   ..........................................................................................  œ
    
    
16. Programs Committee   
    
    Undersecretary Fernando Campos
    Department of Commerce   ...............................................  Chairman
    
    
17. Service Desk Committee
    
    Commissioner Augusto Ressurrecion
    Board of Travel & Tourist Industry   ...............................................  Chairman
    
    
18. Military Participation Committee
    
    Gen. Segundo Velasco
    Philippine Constabulary   ...............................................  Chairman
    
    
19. Special Events Committee
       
    Commissioner Manuel H. Nieto
    Board of Travel & Tourist Industry   ...............................................  Chairman

In the case of the committees whose members are not specified, the Chairman or Secretary General thereof shall select and designate the person or persons who shall compose the committee. The Chairman or Secretary General of each of the committees shall also have the power to organize and compose the secretariat of the committee concerned.

The foregoing committees are hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as they may need in the discharge of their respective functions.
Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.


By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary