By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby order and require all departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the government to cooperate with and assist the National Historical Commission created under Republic Act No. 4368, in pursuing, either directly or through its Economic Sub-Committee, the organization and development of comprehensive bibliographies and compilations of primary and secondary documents bearing on the post-war economic history of the Philippines relative to topics specified by the National Historical Commission as future aids and guides to research regarding the economic history of the Philippines.

Accordingly, all departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions shall allow the National Historical Commission, the Economic Sub-Committee referred to above, or the duly authorized representatives of either body, reasonable access to books, records, papers, documents, or other writings, for the purpose of borrowing, reproducing, copying, classifying, cataloguing, or otherwise working with such records or writings as are deemed relevant to the project being undertaken.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.


By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary