WHEREAS, the Government of the United States, in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, has constructed a battlefield-type memorial, known as the Pacific War Memorial, on Corregidor Island as a fitting monument to the war efforts and joint sacrifices of the Filipinos and Americans who fought and died, in the Pacific area during World War II;

WHEREAS, the Pacific War Memorial will be turned over to the Philippine Government on June 22, 1968; and

WHEREAS, in order to impress upon our people as well as the rest of the free world the significance of the Pacific War Memorial, it is fitting and proper that the dedication and turnover be observed with appropriate ceremonies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of such appropriate ceremonies for the dedication and turnover of the Pacific War Memorial, composed of the following:

Undersecretary Manuel Q. Salientes ......................................................................................................	Chairman
Undersecretary Manuel B. Syquio .........................................................................................................	Member
Commissioner Gregorio Araneta II ......................................................................................................	Member
General Segundo P. Velasco ...............................................................................................................	Member
Administrator Atilano R. Cinco ...........................................................................................................	Member
Colonel Simeon C. Medalla ..............................................................................................................	Member
Major General Ismael Lapuz (Ret.) ..................................................................................................	Member

The Committee is empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need, and to create such sub-committees or staffs as may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.


By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary