By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Committee to take charge of all arrangements connected with state, official and other visits to the Philippines, including the reception, stay and departure of the guests and the members of their official parties.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Chairman
The Commissioner of the Budget	Member
The Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs	Member
The Undersecretary of National Defense	Member
The Undersecretary of Education	Member
The Undersecretary of Labor	Member
The Undersecretary of Public Works and Communications	Member
The Assistant Executive Secretary	Member
The Assistant Press Secretary	Member
The Commissioner of Tourism	Member
The Civil Aeronautics Administrator	Member
The Chief of Protocol of the Department of Foreign Affairs	Member
The Presidential Protocol Officer	Member-Secretary
The Deputy Chief of Protocol, Department of Foreign Affairs	Coordinator & Liaison Officer

The members of the Committee shall be chairman of the sub-committees of Finance, on Planning and Reception, on Security and Military Matters, on Civic Participation, on Labor Participation, on Land Transportation and Route Decorations, on Government Participation, on Press and Publicity, on Accommodations and Tours, on Aircraft Clearances and Airport Decorations, on Foreign Diplomatic Participation and Protocol, and on Presidential and Cabinet Participation, respectively.

The Committee is 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 it may need in discharging its duties and functions.

The Chairman of the Committee is hereby authorized to create ad hoc committees for specific visits which shall be responsible for the planning, coordination and smooth execution of all arrangements in connection therewith.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

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


By the President:
(SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary