WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestones in our nationhood;

WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress our people as well as the rest of the world of the efforts and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the crucial struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national undertakings and aspirations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Secretary David Consunji Department of Public Works and Communications	-	Chairman
Asst. Exec. Sec. Roberto V. Reyes Office of the President	-	Co-Chairman
General Romeo Espino Armed Forces of the Philippines	-	Vice-Chairman
Chairman Teodoro Pe a Foreign Trade Zone Authority	-	Member
Commissioner Gregorio Araneta Board of Travel & Tourist Industry	-	Member
Administrator Mario Reyes Department of Commerce & Industry	-	Member
Colonel Simeon Medalla Veterans Federation of the Philippines	-	Member
Acting Commr. Jacob Tagorda Bureau of Public Highways	-	Member
Director Alejandro Dele a Bureau of Public Works	-	Member
Mr. Esteban Cabanos Philippine Veterans Bank	-	Member
Colonel Epifanio Reymundo Civil Aeronautics Administration	-	Member
Colonel Manuel A. Acosta National Shrines Commission	-	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 committee, sub-committee or staffs as may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.


By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary