Communications from Col. Leopoldo R. ·Relunia to Col. Macario Peralta, Jr. 1942 -1943 UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE MOVEMENT JAPANESE OCCUPATION
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De r .Maes The b ear er 1B Lt . P 'AR~ BOO wh om I deer,1 best to send. t o you to br~n ~ up. matters ~n.1c h Is, e aus1ng mi~u..'lder.s tandlng and unsavory rE'rmr'ks a gain5lt Army personnel e...~ t h e whole my organ izat ion , he que"S tion of control of t pres. and the d i sposition of the oUtput therefrom . l.ot . Ph R',DO D.o c. r'ries with h1,'t! e sent 18 1 correspondences· wh lch m if glv a lime- 1irsht to the ctual ,s i 'GUation Gxlstlng . -
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(1) That- the contro l - 01 'lhe Pres s be placed urrler tho my 1t h Anny u,8l""ds and personllel orkL'1P' thereat inClud1ng t he emb e r s or t 1"..0 Iloilo Currency Committ eo &rld t he Pf'intinv p er "' onnel b e plld by th~ llJ rmy . . , ~
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8pec1tioal17, 1 would l1ke to Mlcge.t tba t the oase ot PALAW. . be presented to ~ as regards the authorization t1 some allotment to alle.late oiVilian sutt .. 1ngs. Llknise, I am quot1~ h.-eunder message or ClOY. OOIlPBSCEois regards the pr 1nting ot money:
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ItyOUR SI'lVATIOlf PRESS AREA D 2 18 .JIROIO. BVBRIm 110 00 DO SKOO'l'BLY · BltCBPT LAaI r6 IlATiRlALS. CtJftRlIlOY OO. . IT'l'U BEING OIVIL EI'l'l'l'Y, I ASSUlIE PULL RBSP01I8IBILr.rY POR ITS ACTICRS. 'LEA.SB BBLP US . SBOORE .ORB IUTlIlULS All!) MUtt WILL GET 1'700,000 .OT LUSt AJlaJft A1ID _eBB" PART TWO:
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Pleas9 reView all Dl7 aotions as regards civil artairs tor an,. change you believe I am wrons, so that same can be reso1'nded am clarified. Oapt ZOSA 1s read,. to till in some at your requisition for clothing and cigarett es. I w11l see t bl t 70U receive them without 80 much delay.
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OF THE UN ITED STATES OF AMER ICA S IXTH l\1 IL IT~RY D ISTR ICT
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Received your lett er undat ed which , among other t h i ngs , tr eats -of I nt eJ,. l i genc e , S i gnal an d o ther admin is tr ativ e matt e rs . I would li of t put in ray comments o n t he ma-cter s ta ken u p item by i~em .
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( 9.) lNTELLI G' TOE n{STRUCTI ON: ~ ~ I hav e alwa y s i:m.pressed to a ll I n t el l i gence Officers fr om t ime t o time t he importance · of inc luding basic f acts in a r epor t v,h i ch, while to t h em
ma y a ppear i.nslgnif_icant , joined with o t her repo r ts may prO'T O to b e t he mi ss ~~g c lue t o a concl1.Js I on . Howev er, as 9. Ta ctical Comma der, I have enco1.<.raged t hem t o make a s t s.t ement or an&l y sis, s o that I c ou.1d, more or les s , c heck as to their abilit y to do so. My only c ontment I s t hat eRch an ~ ev ery-onf) of u £ i<J doing his bes t, a n d we er tain1y ~pprecia t e omissions or bnpro per methods t hat vif! employ 'l which n eed e orrec tion . Of' c ourse, when t h ey cO'Mludedt: tha ~ h es f) Japs we r e pro b abl y f r om CAP IZ , wh i ch c on t 1tutes Rn op ini on , i t was c ertainl y based on t h e f ae t l1B- t TAFT, ,~AN J UAN , S l GMA, DA:O 'and CUN{ TERO .Garr lsons wer e c o _sid era bl y reduosd ~ a s r eport ed by MAN IKAN to this . he adquar ter-a . These are t h e basic fac t s whi ch l ed t o 't h at posit i ve ~onc l u s ion t h a t they wer e t h os e that came f rom CAP IZ . The fault l i es in t h e i r no t i n c l uding t hose basic fac ts bAf ol' e ~ 0 onc lus i on wa s draw1\. li en ceilirth , I have i ; ue1 sp e c "rl ins tru c tion to ALCEDO t o ha v e a l l I ntelligence Report s _r eac h ing y oU!' Hqr s~ to be f~ statement ot bas ic f ac t s, oPlN ON a nd CONCLUSION w i ll not be r epo r ted unless asked f or .
(b ) As regar ds SAQUJ:N , UIltil r e c ent ly, I hav e ,,;as.1s ed h i m to · rev i ew .SQme of h i s 1" eports s o as to f 1nd out vel~b os i ty " . lL"1d ot h er non- e as ert 1a18 which have been included , resulting in a was te of fuel , At any rate, what SAQU nT h a s a c complish ed so f a r was t o void a l ot of dupl icat i on of .Taval Reports . - L i k ewise, _ to h ave all s uch },e por ts ac cordi ng to i'orm. ~ . / - . . / (0) As t o the new T/o p repared by my Div-islon Signal O:r:eicer f or the Di v ision S ignal _Company , I ha ve disappr oved -i t for the p r SRont fo r the ; :f'ol~owi ng r son: (1)
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a nd Teleph one Seotion h ic h calls .,f'or J:~be:ut: .. 30 men is n ot a ctu9.1J.ry 'needed t oday; henc e J I do belie v e t h a t i t -is : not essert1 al t o eXp ahd t he s tr en g th f or thi,g sec tion. So , we adher ed to t h e old Tlo whioh V'T·8;S PI' ep ar ed b y , our S 19n~l Of _'le er • In disa pprovin g same , I .didn ' t pr esu . p os e that I know mtl.ch about Si gnal require'1 ents except those that eonc ern~d F i eld r equir ements n ow obt aln L~g in t field, 1"01' wh i ch I c ou.ld s ay I kno; -'-a litt le of i t m01'"e than what · FRANQI A m.1ght think he knows. I r egret tha my d i s a pprovel of sue h "TID wa.s an-·en croachment on t m prerog atIv e s of tl~e District Signal Officer . It 1IJZ1S MaX clone., howel1'er, for · t m ' in t er es t of e conorqy ,yh ere _ expansion for th-o pre ~ ent · i tlot n a I l ed f or .. Certa in , I ~h{)' ld be· the f ~ at one -to - teel t . "" _eesn1 t y, for ~ ~~---"lJ&tld t.r¢ ?fii-~ - ,. l.!Cv ~ ew 0 T. e f a~hat - i'l:i i s. - -- ~ a. part a.oopar cel of ism Unit wh i ch I ha.v e o rdered to eO!flmand . I
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rhe items you have men tioned in y ou r ' (a), ( b ) 1 (0), . (d), at'l:d (e) ar e v,Te ll taken care of i n t he pr esent T/O. For your information, r have a Dlviston' '" 19n al 'and Supply Officer assigned t o t he Di vi sion G- 4 . (d ) _ The di sc r epancy as 'noted by your Ins-pector ALMACml, as .r I'egards sta t u s of Arms and A..'1'llr.unition s Rep or t fo r .ROIIE, r am bringing ' such d1 scr'epaney to t he 'R egimen t a l Commana. As Divis ion Connne.nier J however, I have t k en the v1 0rd of my Regimental Commander as r egards status of t~s and Ammunitions, which is r eport ed in his Unit Hapax-t. It A.IJi AC:s:N founds 51-4, rifles ev en wi thou t coun tine; t h oa e at t ,h e OPG Area .. the Signal Go . " the Hegt ' 1 IIqrs . and Service Co., and t he v a rious Hqrs . Co . of ev~y Battalion well -.8::11il good '. I vlonder, however , if he has mad e' a physic al ihspection r egardi ng this t hing . Th e s tatu s of ARMS and AMM 1 IONS for the CITY OF ROJ\1iE as of '3 June as taken from its vnit Report i s as ~oll~ws :
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t ended tOl' Aoting' Otf1oera from 01vUl.n .s tatue. L1k... l !;as soo~as the unit ' :of~.\1i. 1 rsoved t l'OlJl 1'18111 dut7 in his s eotor 1- ' a.n int enslve trid.n:1ng will 'be oondl1c t ed. Such tr~ st e%!l wi. 1 be COli'lPJ.e. ted before the end of thIs
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tt JmfSA: took up w~th me a 'lot ot verbal 1ns.tr uetions rae. iv" om you. The 9,-..;.dlt of Division t 'ms s inca th e reol'6,aniza tiQn • • .. read...! )00n FtC mpl l shfJd, nd. s ame i s 0':1 on t he 'ray to Y0l... !hos e d tails 0 eXpGn"l es. a.s requ 1r p.d vd.l1 be fo!'nard-ed. - am h,9. v1ng a n o bud!1t:t prepared based on min.1mum requir6l1ent. ~h6 b ld.get as prepared and ubnl t tad to you by the Di s r io A d itor in corroborat i on with , - .i..... . , ," ~:... ~ .:.. _< ~ as _ 1 Q_ 0 ~n J,;or max .: um operac, on • .Aa "U al , budget B are made that way but, sire e you are 1n terea t 1n In amount ~bieh ill be just enoug £0 our present ,actrvlt:1 , tl!J:s ma t t 6r ' will be t he s ubject of t e ~ Ol.U' e.r': - . -, h . h all tor 28 of t his mont h .
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The papers regardi ng spy susp ~cts 8. d other matters Vlere !'or i\Te.rded im!l.l,ediately to t he District JAS. What is y ou r disposi t i011 regard ing }:;he CElS e f Capt AlANIAS DI.AZ. who--, upon yOUI' ol'der, has been rr rre s ted andis nG' or.. pre\1'entive confinement at DCO, in c mp lanc e vrith your HE 386 'i We ccu ld not romuct further inves t i gation, sInce we art~ not apprised or facts, aff:tdavits., witnesses . I'or a nd a ga i n "'t J ft1[pepQ your order -:'0 have him arr-ested . As I'ogardArmy a uthor ity , there seems to be a difference of opinion as to what rules and regulati cns AW we should fol low in ou r organization . Fro you , I go t the following lnformat ion: ":
That you, as Di stri c t COMmander, is auth or !zed to :tb
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Th t y ou are und er the drect command of GHQ, SWPAi Tluxt you have been official designated Dlst i c t CC=-:::""''1der , 6 1tlr1D; /
That per NR 131 :from GHQ, you '1 11 a lso follow til e Hague Regulat!ons 1 909, t he Rules of Land Warf~~ e , Tr eaty Oblig ations of
the Uni ted st&tes.
From the abO',", e s tut emen t of fa.ots, we ar e f a ced with t wo oont endi ng concl' i ns 0trer to f olloVl the looal laws in Philippine Army Rules and Regul a tions, or to adhere to th se Proc edures or Regula t ions whic h go v~ rn a ct.!.ons of Off c e r s of' the U. S . Army . It i s my ,o pinion t h at, in v iew of GRQ, ' s instr...lc11 on that we operate direc tly und er h i s command, it means that we are part and parcel of t h e un ited S t ates Army operating in the 6 "MD of t h e Pli l ippine I sland. This c oncl usion is streng thened by the message , as contained in ffi 131 fro m G iQ , which sta tes:iI
it is essential that your activit ies - conform w i t b orderly mil i tary proc edur e ema with treaty oblig ations of t he United states and with the rules of land warfare wbich govern actions of off i cers of tne" United Stat e s Army PDn."" ~_ .. ,,/ However , t h e l)ist r ict JAS has r ecaYltly issued a ruling tha t v e operat e Under the Philippine Arrn.y Artic le::: of V/ar, Connnonwealt h Ac t 408 as regards the format ion and creat ion of Courts ...Ma rtial . In t h e Manual l' or Courts-Mart 1al, PAl' t he Charge s alymy s PEOPLE OF THB PHTI, PPIN1!;S versus the accused, while in the MOM fo r Unit ed sta tes Al"Tily , the cher ge is UNITED STAThS Aft v~rSllS the ac'o used . LDcewi se, if' -1e 11a'v~ t , a.d..~er ,e t o the PA J AW an(l Kanual for Coo rts Martia!, . I doubt whet:"er ,1 run suthor.J.zed to appoint OOM and, if' such author Ity Is questioned, there y/ill be a. lot of coni'us ion on cases a ll' ea6.y decided by the 001#1 I hav e a ppoInt ed for the Di v i Sion. Your o p 5..nlon i des ired a.s regards t his matt er. Please l et me know by rad io i f I run r ig ht or wrong, so that I oould make the necessm'y clarification in the field.
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of the '18:C nd Go'i.r ernor Provincia~ Guards . I am -at the o ' est o ' in of other armed group not recogn z ' e a n d sub or dina t~ Army Units will inevitab fIlct i p owers due to misunderstanding •
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.• :r r commendations. on the Executiye Order by para raph are foll "irs:pur ports t hat the pY"ov!: ~, ~ olice protection to the c i v ilians hence they c laim~:;;:::::;:::::-""'= the necessity of Pro v incia l Guards pattern~~ a f t er the "organization of the Phil ipp i n e Constabular-y . You ill remember that before t he l andj ng, the PC were emerged to the USAFFE.. 2 1ves US.8 clear purpose of tnt' orgen Z8 tion of" Provincial Guard Un it to serv e as armed force of the Civ Govern~ent . Apparently, t hev have the impres5ion tr£.t the 6 t h MD wi t h you as DC has no c'onnect{on '~ith the C1vil Governnsnt by ' WAy of pro te~t ion . - Pr ovinclalGuarJl organization calls for the DC '··lt~ ~ta.Lfs in a c eorilance with PC organiz.ation. This DC of Prov neia l Glmrd wi ll be under direet contro l and supervision of the Island Gove~nor . · Aga.in, t ...· is a ~pa.rF. tly, is an open challcm;e to your letter to Gov . con ESOR informing that we do no m,rely have supervis~on by nontrol over all seMi-military 'Or~o~ -· · -."..--~ 4. . DJ.~ui~""'A~~ this wrIt be by the l.sland Gover-~ n r t hru reeol'tlmendf't ion of District COl'l1M.9nder ,hence . .e :rill owe their l oyalty :to them: ' conflict and :r.1i sunder . . tandi~ 'Yil l btfl the result of thi .a+iena tion of l oyal y . 1(&- ......, - . ~~~~5~ - jh~r 18 - 0rea.~~d in every Province Provincial ~~~~~~~ Inspoctor ~ . again appolnted by the'Island Goverr
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Attended last Oabillcet UO.r1.f~renQe of president QUEZON -whe;rein i mp~ r tant rna t te l'S ~ were. --t-akenul>. Four .£~C;a :-mental que-stiens were brou ht by the :presid.ent i n t his conference_.. Yo.u oan jus t a SK hi m wha~t area tho se ~ questions. -
(b l Was entrusted" an important. do-o1ltiient which he reports Thi~
he ' our i ed it lnMANILA.
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(c ) 'In ora..e r not to - aCtce pt any poet in _puppe1i:'" Government, he left {AH1~A_ Ap-ril'4~ a rr L'ffhg Ln h is nome ' t own - PRIETO-DIAZ whe-re his. f amily is =-:presently s-tay:tng ec Durint5 that p e riod until he was abl e to oontact MaJ . LAP-US, he stayea in -a.n evacuation place in ~ MAN- GROOVE for the purpose of avo i ding from being t aken as a Fi.l.PPe-t Go}e rnor of SO~OGON. , / /
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ESPllDERO irreoonclliable.
(e) For sa1e ty t 'he- trallsfe-.rre.d to S ~ w,1 th tAPus' uni t and has been stay tnere for ~bo~t two months now. ,
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express to YQu h is you have credited yoursel:f 'iGr O\U" splen-did organi£at:ion . Attached is his recommenda-t>iong': r-e.gard1n.g t he LAPUS-KSCUJ?:enO conflict . "-~ . to
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Q.f Col. GN ERLE 'f.or you may wan t to take i n t his ·latter. There be a te ndenoy cT- some out-spoken civil offiCials- to • finger s on ml 1~tary affairs. 1 thinK ~ letter trom y ou t o Gov. CONFESOR an& to al~ concerned Will serve as gui~ance.
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I am also sending -you a oO:PY 0:£ Fiscal DEBUQUE ' S opinion regard ing the eall toyo ti ve duty of Gov ~ SORIANp . Again ft a.ppears :that somebody"wants to. tell -US what to do. Instead of theseJ fellows r e~erring ~jle case to the.D!l they take into ~ their ' handg the maki of rull~~ and regulat~on which they ar~ not · enti tled. to during this time . It also .a ppe a r s . tha t hey: have still the impre SSion - the; 0 " __. not kIlo: :per a s of th.e reesta 1.1shment of the 6th lID bl
....... power of an . things more clearly t han I do. I oel ieved what is la k i i a o-t {) h pe o· Ie are ei t ,er i gno.rant -of ~ur 8xa-et s _a . . or the y too Jealous of th~ eQufidence; faith and coo~rat~~a 6~ ven by: the _people. , GOv._ CONfESOR has b_e e_n ·a menable t o all-.our :pol io-ie-s in --a b~oe.d- i de d way but a l ot of h i s subordinates a.n4 offi~ial~ have t ....s t ed nly our ~oliei~ s but also that ~
the Governor . I sugge$t t h at thi s mat t er: e FESOR immediately for remed.Ial measUres. My
recommenda t iona r-egar i ng SORSOt.!OU problems a e a s
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autmi ts a wri tten request fcrr attaehment. (bJ That Civil encie s have been r establisheo loyal to and cooperat1ng with this unit. (0)
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p.. ) To ofricially designate Ma or LAPUoJ a s 'CO , SO RSOGON - Provinc e will merely eomprom" se orders of this Comma nd - in a,aaes vhere h is authority is questioned. Istiil believe h is organization 1s not stro~ enough to make his orders tel t . 1
Attaohea are oopy ~~ my letters to ~ J or LAPUS and UOv . ESCUDERO for 'our ' in!orma tion . -If I erred in my committments in my t wo letters, pl e as ~ let me - kno 8~ that I -could rescind them. .' S1tuation i n this part. o'C th.e Isl and 1s unchanged. Everyone , of us 1s "trying t o do our bes t. I'
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to Gov. Escudero & Ma jor Lapus Opinion of Fiscal Debuque.
Enol ~:Letters
047 3 Septembar 43 YOUI' message 675 has be~ e01nPl1ed 11th; hence·,· our Qper~ tlon 1s gul~ed ' by jour:"lf1&Seag6 -680" ~.-en! raoe ved your , 735; I s so delighted that I d spatohed 6ns otflcer~A83Driger ~edlataly to .S1V6 the noccs ry secrot instruct10ns to l.RIS and ltO.>c DON. L1ke~ wl se"my IHv ls10n ,j~ge-on dtspatn 1ed ai:l of:t'lo-f)l' to contaot- youre d1strJbut.ion 'of lriod1e lne • .. I only hope tHere R}\€ more aoml.ng, sO that ',:,hon the d y contes'~ can faoe Out' nemy on equal ground.
Regarding your 388,- I am forwarding tha r:eque t of VILLAOJ DO tor L"l(llusion in our Co~nd.. to me lmo ht!.t other Unit whose r$queots YOU have none on tile. Aa fir as I know, the £ '0,1,0 . g Oomrnano:E::r" have made ritton req"Jes ts fer nttacmnent: i
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G OffOtU~IZAt!'IION'· _ · 0 must def 'nitely dr!t~ -a pq:p.c.y r gardthis or v.nization before it -campI c .. tas A- lot of bur dminls ... tra on and -0 eratlon. Honestly speaking, I don't soe th~ naed tor g Loree aside f om t h e ' p resent rlormy forca-s for the tnaintennnc of,:J>ence a.nd Ord er.. s a matter 01' .fuct, in tI~ o ap pen tra. tion in tOl D 1 . .hEli, t ne EPGts nave prll.otlcally been dl p ara" showing t heir lnef:t:octivenoss in "" s1 tuat10uwnerein enemy pcnet'fatlon as extensive. Secondly J it hlAkea ." lot .Q . 'gclf'-styled :politician to come cut l~ t'-l6 open an9 contest .rr.1Y pol1clesi their ttempt J
to snatch the alQry. fOr t' emselves. Th. rdly, e can make usc of a lot ' ot my ~tand ",y"eElpcn.a novr in thelr pO!'!l'sesalon.. Re~omtnenda ... t10n f,or thew return to Al'f01-7 unit l1Et8 been 1119Cle to YO"~~ b t up to no" no d<afinit it-etion has be~n taken to ecO 01' same. I d~ not need to cluc1da te the fact t~"t If the. . Gt arc tlllo ed to contin 1e .as in(16pemlontly- as th~ are nO.7., oven how muol,f. I'() r6qulr tbeIn to coo dll1ate their oper~tio~ there will alway be confllot.. in pt')llc es" !n -r-act., tne7 '~s.ve evetl. gone to _tho extent ot' .send ~ g .g(mt 1 to cc-cu .Led 'te:'ritor".· and opera tlng against the enemy:. Such activltier hflve not been co r(\1nD.tod .!. ' t e .rmy Unit ~1~~9 ~
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nnted - to aontrol thedlsp()s-nl o£ ,t be- fUnds, even going to the ext nt of threRt~.nlng . r. B~ ,~- lth bOd:t1y- h rm. if he go _n lnst the wishes
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I ha.ve f'ound ou-t from reports reo ived from. the the ~lsland Governor h Vp not r ached all ld, same are- delayed i'rom two or mo.r months. or exampl : Hi. ~emO Order 0 ted 27 111 43, "hich 1s in itself an exerrplary Jolley i$su-sd t-o m. intain cordial relationshl bet en -t e hnrt and the Oivil -Governm nt L st-ill unkno··m. in nearly 11 barrios, 0 th&t the LabOr Pool orrler.ed by ~uch emo to 00 bl iqhed 9Y e oh Barr10 ~enlente is not actually Gxisting . "at I would like to show here is, there is re$.lly a need to t-renghten the civil ~ov e!'nment <> that Oro ,!'s ls~ued by the lsI d Gover ... nor enn be dl~ em ated expeditiously . Due to dift'ioulty of ~ i::onmtu nlcntion nd for betf:er coord1n tion tt loo al Ar'tn,Y Corrmmnders, I 'QuId S 1 ~ ,ttBSt t hat fol1o~"irn~ cl?;cn e!'3: fie~d that .the policies A!ayors, and ~ f tpey ev~l"
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To de i~ate l-r.ov!ncial UoV'ernors fo l ell ~ Y>ovlnc under 1"te 6 '1>1D, thoI'e'l?y giving such fI'0Vi r ce , Indop.ondent a c- tlon £!s far 9 coorciiilAtirig actlvi-t; ~k'" th "rmy pol eies . WhUe "t!11_B nv prodUce 80lll& D'llsifltel"yret!l-tton, r only ant ... ad to. submit a aoluti(')n to d centl"all~~ ~l!ov-inc al (lov · t. gO 9.-!3 to be more effoct .v e in eac ,mg t e Barrie ~~ni6nte, the 1 st civil o.f.ficial; eth;::!"wise .. [''t.lpervl in Dep Governor a,,:! to- • a t reI' de! in t e pel icy f!'om t'L~ Island Governor bef roe he Cf?n t sue' /1 ' tpv (':r in~truct1en he 1"I",av ,deem eS$~mt1e.l. ' ov. CON .r.90R, wh Ie very amenable to our s:ug,g-B-stions and -A'llclen 1 for un' vo dab e l"~asori -is not fully appr led of s1 tuation actually exis.t i . in ,th~ field ; ce~Rity that e restore t'he d st1nnt crnm~nt mder Gevernor of our cho
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