I-.REPUBLICOT T$E PIiIIIPPIIIES OFFICEOF THE PRESIDEI{T Provost Office, Malacaiaa C O I ' I F I D E T { T I A L
Ja.nuary L5, L953 His Excellency The President of the Plrillppines Mal.acaffan Palaee S i r : I have the honor to address thlg letter dlrectly to lour Excellency, its contents belDc a natter of oLvlous confldence: Presidentlal securlty. On a prevLous occaslon, on l{ay L, l..952, I addressed e letteroa th€ tan€ subject to the Executive Secretary, a copy of, which 1g enclosed, but he has defened a repli - or a-iecision on tbe reconnendatiotrs enbodied theretn.Wlth ths obJectlve of seeklng the adoption of such needed d refonns refonns ln the PresLdent Presidential security securitv s€ryice as s€ryice ac would elintnate deficLencies and raise lts- effectiveneas, nay I present th6 problen and reconuended solutlon in th6 follorrlng rlng aspects! (1) Uniflcation o! Presidential security ageneles. (2) Designation of a sole authorlty authorlty for Presidential for-pr6sldent,i geeurlty. 3) nl{alacafian Ouardrtr ard Dhe Provost Offlce. nlfleati.on of Presldeati curi The need ny mentloned letter t,o,the Executive Secietary AE a nucbneeded Beasure to elLBinate the defeets of- the extsting gysten under l{enorandun Ord€r of Eecurity Eesurs.Ey SysEe& establighed gxecutl.ve the Executl.ve Secretar1r the S dated January 5, L95O entLtled IIMEMOSANDI'M OJIDERPITESCRIBING A STANDARD OPERATIOI{AI PiTOCEDURE TO GOVERI'I THE ACTIVITIES OFTFARIOUS UNIIS ENGAGED IS REXDEn'IIIG SECUdITTDUTYT0 HIS AXCELLEICI, THE PRESIDENTN. tlon of a for Presldentlal AuthorLty ore been nultfp.tdsouFcee
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on Presidentlal security, ln the-lack of a ial Securlty-Lar 9r other-equal-Iy binding prePresi sidentlal decree on the subject. The-Natlbnal Defense rl4aJ.acans.n uecreE Secret $ervl.ce Service t( Sel.r-styrgd self-styled- rl4aIacafia.n secret Secret servlc Servicen), whlch ls a section of the offlce of the S€cretary of llatlonal Defense, appareatly takes basLc orders Srom Secretary Magsaysay, saysay, as evldencod evidenced by enclosed copy of tbelr authoritvty fron said blgh bl.eh offlelalOn offleial. 0n ttbe other bard tbe Presldential ldential Guard Battallon tallon t.akes t.akes orders orders fron fr
the Provost Officer, ln tbe proper exercise of his lawful powers by said Malacaflan- oflicial under the resulat,ions of the Executiys offLce. The Chlef of Staff,(Nert page) the Senior Alde to the