By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby order that no building permit for the erection of any war memorial or monument in any place in the Philippines shall be issued in favor of any American national or association without the previous recommendation of the American Battle Monuments Commission of the United States Government. Any memorial or monument constructed in violation of this order shall be demolished or remodelled at the expense of the builder in accordance with the order of the said commission.

Done in the City of Baguio, this 1st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.


By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary