In the bonus feature of the film Mission Impossible 1 (1996) DVD, one CIA officer explains how the TV series Mission Impossible (1966-1973) influenced him to join the agency.
CHASE BRANDON, Senior Operations Office, CIA: “Mission Impossible Force (IMF) is a group of operatives that can do all the non-attributable THINGS that CIA COULDN’T DO.
If a question could be posed: ‘Would an organization like that exist?’ The answer, logically, might well be . . . well YEAH!”
In Aug. 2014 when Martin Packard asked WAISers for help to get Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Yingzeng out the Chinese prison. I volunteered. Had we been authorized to proceed, the couple would have been home by Thanksgiving or Christmas 2014. It would take another seven months before we were authorized to proceed. The couple were released in June 2015. This is the first gig.
The Second Gig
On July 22, 2015, I posted on WAIS the case of China’s missing gold. From June 12 to July 8, 2015, China’s stock market lost over $3.9 trillion in value.Also at that time, it was discovered that 3,200 tons of gold were missing from China’s treasury.
Forbes Magazine reported that 1,850 tons of gold was missing.
“Where Is China’s Missing 1,850 Tons Of Gold?” Forbes, World Affairs
I came across this story below, where some charts, graphs and slide presentation materials are very similar to what I saw on Bloomberg TV on July 20, 2015. Also at that time, it was discovered that 3,200 tons of gold were missing from China’s treasury.
Gold mined since 2009 : 2,000 tons Imported from Hong Kong: 3,300 tons Sub-total: 5,300 tons less reported: – 1,658 tons Missing: 3,642 tons
We came up with 3,642 tons of gold, almost twice as much as Forbes’ estimate as missing.
This episode about China’s missing gold has been forgotten considering that I was anticipating positive developments that would come following the release of GlaxoSmithKline consultants British national Peter Humphrey on June 9, 2015. His Chinese-born American citizen wife Yu Yingzeng was released two (2) days later.
The gig was about getting Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Yingzeng out of the Chinese prison and back to the U.K. There was no mention of any missing gold and therefore no prepping were made regarding gold. In fact the story about the missing gold came out around June 12, 2015 when the Chinese stock market started losing value.
It usually takes me months, even years to do a research on a subject I know nothing about. And yet in the case of China’s missing gold, by July 22, 2015, I came up with this WAIS post: China: Two Astounding Numbers (Bienvenido Macario, USA, 07/22/15 5:16 am).
I simply cannot claim any credit to this research. In fact, I don’t remember how I did this research and discovery of that 1,850 tons or 3,200 tons of gold were missing. The only explanation I can come up with is what they refer to in RV as a “walk-in”.
I usually work alone in this kind of gig. But this time I worked with Brittany S. Lark. And she most likely have an ancestor, great-great-great grandfather or grand uncle either from her mother’s side or her father’s side (or both) who was (were) in the gold/silver mining industry say in the 1800s. If I’m to guess, it would be her father who had an ancestor who was in the gold mining industry in the 1800s. I’m certain there were no gold or silver prospectors among my ancestors.
WAIS Post References:
No. 1 JULY 08, 2014
1.) Trial of Yu Yingzeng and Peter Humphrey (Martin Packard, USA, 07/08/14 3:27 am)
Excerpt: “I am happy to report that Yu Yingzeng and her husband Peter Humphrey from the UK HAVE BEEN FREED after more than two years in Chinese jails. “
Yu Yingzeng had a month of her two-year sentence to serve. Peter Humphrey had seven more months of his two-and-a-half year term remaining.
Saturday September 7, 2024 (updated Tue. Nov. 19, 2024)
INTRODUCTION
After the disastrous stint working in the geothermal industry where my late wife, Maria Elena G. Macario was a reservoir engineer for Cal Energy (formerly Magma Power) until 1998 and I was the accountant for two of the geothermal power plants until 1995, we relocated to Costa Mesa, CA in 1998. It was there in 1999 that I was invited to join the Stanford-based World Association of International Studies (WAIS), the oldest e-journal in the world founded by Prof. Ronald Hilton (1911-2007) who gathered together a global network of scholars, historians, business leaders, lawyers, journalists, military officers, diplomats and other experts and conducted daily discussions on varied topics ranging from history, politics, economics, religion, culture and international affairs. Sometime in 2006, I joined another Stanford alumni group, the Stanford Independent Consultants Network (SICN). In 2010, controversy arouse it was revealed that Team USA uniforms for the Winter Games in Vancouver were made in China. In my email “Personal Update Feb. 12, 2011” to this online group that I suggested the restoration of U.S. sovereignty over the Philippine Islands through a compact of free association. Manufacturing and other facilities from Japan and China could then be relocated to the Philippines thereby making these goods “Made in the USA” and could be shipped to the USA tariff-free.
As John Maynard Keynes famously said in 1944: “The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.”
In one of my WAIS posts on Feb. 9, 2007, “Turkey and the EU . . .”, I listed the purchases made by the U.S. government from 1803 to 1898 including the acquisition of the Philippine Islands along with Puerto Rico and Guam under the 1898 Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War of 1898. During the negotiations the American commissioners negotiated in a hostile atmosphere because all Europe, except England, was sympathetic to the Spanish side. In a WAIS post “US: Howard Dean’s Remark“ dated Aug. 17, 2008, I stated that native inhabitants of all the lands that the U.S. government purchased automatically became Native Americans, the status I am seeking for my people.
On Nov. 8, 2013, the powerful Typhoon Haiyan devastated Central Philippines. But the sovereign and dependent-independent government despite billions of dollars in World Bank loans gave a dismal response to the emergency. And for the first time on WAIS, I proposed the establishment of a government-in-exile for the freely associated state of the Philippines based in London, U.K. under the personal protection and dominion of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Had the Philippines entered into a Compact of Free Association with the USA, FEMA and other federal departments, bureaus, agencies and office would be responding directly to the emergency. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), U.S. Geological Survey and other U.S. federal departments, bureaus, agencies and offices could be involved even before calamities happen. “Massive Typhoon Hits Philippines (Bienvenido Macario USA, 11/09/13 11:57 am)” is the title of the WAIS post. Here’s the waisworld link:
What right did Spain have to sell our ancestral land to the United States of America? In the same token, what right did France under Napoleon Bonaparte or Czarist Russia, Spain and Mexico, have to sell the ancestral lands of the Native Americans as listed in my WAIS post re: Turkey and the EU; Mexico and the US (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines 02/09/07 3:28 pm)?
In this post is a long list of gold, silver bullions, bank accounts, bonds, real estate, assets, properties and the natural resources of the Philippines, an abandoned U.S. territory, that I have claimed for HM Queen Elizabeth II. There are claims against the Spain, Japan and the USA.
1.) CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN – Restitutions are being sought for the exploitation, tyranny, oppression, financial, economic, psychological and other damages including death suffered by the natives through colonization by the Spanish empire that continue to this day with the tacit approval and funding from Washington DC through the ethnic Spanish or part-Spanish and other non-native oligarchic families as listed on the 2015 Forbes richest “Filipinos”.
The Philippines was under the Spanish colonial rule for 333 years (1565 to 1898) before it was purchased by the U.S.A in 1898. Later Washington DC abandoned the Philippine territory twice.
The Native Americans under the control of the Spanish missions were fed just like the prisoners of Buchenwald, a Nazi concentration camp, in its final year. Their daily food ration was 600 to 700 calories. However Native Americans had to work in the fields.
The genocide of California’s Native Americans started during the gold rush of 1849. The involvement of then Gov. LELAND STANFORD in paying militias who carried out the extermination of Native Americans was one of the truly shocking revelations of Floyd ‘Red Crow’ Westerman’s documentary. It was a state and federal government subsidized genocide.
Since the Philippines was colonized and occupied by Spain, shouldn’t we be allowed to colonize and occupy Spain for 333 years as part of restitution? Just asking.
2.) CLAIMS AGAINST THE USA – Restitutions are being sought for the financial, economic, psychological and other damages including death suffered by the natives during the Filipino genocide better known as the Philippine War 1899-1902.
As mentioned earlier, Washington DC abandoned the Philippine territory twice. The first time was in March 1934 when FDR signed into law the Tydings-McDuffie Act (Philippine Independence Act) that reclassified Filipinos including those already residing the 48 states from American nationals to “aliens.” Our parents and grandparents were never asked through a plebiscite or referendum if they wanted to give up their American nationality, become stateless and “be on the road to independence.”
Tydings-McDuffie Act as the inspiration for Hitler’s Nuremberg Race Laws is discussed on the blog post “Waiting For The American Redemption (The 88th Anniversary of the Tydings-McDuffie Act)”. There is no doubt FDR and the 73rd Congress are both guilty of extreme indifference and wholesale discrimination. As enumerated in the above blog post “Waiting For The American Redemption”, other indications that FDR was racist are:
FDR continued to fund the Tuskegee Experiment despite the scarcity of government funds during the Great Depression. Started in 1932, funding for the Tuskegee Experiment should have been stopped in 1933.
In 1935 FDR refused to publicly endorse the Costigan-Wagner Bill, an anti-lynching bill. FDR did not want to antagonize Southern Democrats whose support he needed for the 1936 presidential election.
In 1936 contrary to rumors that Hitler snubbed African-American gold medalist Jesse Owens, it was FDR who snubbed Jesse Owens and 18 other African-American Olympians. Jesse Owens was not invited to the White House.
In June 1939 the Captain of MS St. Louis appealed to FDR seeking asylum for his German-Jewish passengers who were denied entry to Cuba after their visas were invalidated by the Cuban government. FDR didn’t even bother to respond again for fear of losing the support of Southern Democrats in the coming 1940 presidential election.
In this April 5, 1986 interview conducted by Ted Koppel, ousted Philippine strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr.categorically stated that they did not steal anything from the Philippines and its people. Therefore, all the real estate, bank accounts, assets, treasures, silver, gold, properties and natural resources are free of any claim by the Marcoses, their families, friends, cronies and surrogates.
F.E. Marcos, Sr.: “But I can tell you of this, that we never spend government funds for our personal purpose. If we did, we replace them immediately. I may have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the people, from the government, is not one of them.“
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In a March 15, 2015 WAIS post, Roy Domenico introduced a potential WAIS Villa in Tuscany. “Introducing…the Villa WAIS” (Roy Domenico, USA, 03/15/15 4:14 pm)
On March 17, I countered with a proposal to have a WAIS Headquarters in the West Coast “as soon as a substantial portion of my claim has been released.”
Regarding a WAIS Villa in Tuscany, I would prefer to have a WAIS West Coast HQ in Southern California, where the weather is nice and warm like San Diego or Newport Beach. Santa Barbara or up north in the San Francisco Bay Area would also be nice.This will be my priority as soon as I have a freely associated state, Sovereign Native American status and/or a government-in-exile for the Philippines.Of course this would come after a substantial amount of my claim has been released.
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Initially, the claim was made on Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011, on a visit to St. George Chapel at Windsor Castle. In a written prayer for the eternal repose of my late wife Maria Elena G. Macario, I sought the personal protection & dominion of HM Queen Elizabeth II and made the claim, among others, for the repossession, rehabilitation and administration of our ancestral land the Philippines, an abandoned U.S. territory.
On Sept. 6, 2011, in Note on my Facebook (gmail), I reiterated my quest for the repossession, rehabilitation and administration of our ancestral land, the Philippine Islands under the personal protection and dominion of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Under the personal protection and dominion of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Defender of the Faith, a Royal Charter maybe the more efficient way to repossess, rehabilitate and administer our ancestral land, the Philippine Islands. The Royal Charter would also pave the way for the establishment of the government-in-exile for the Freely Associated State of the Philippines based in London, U.K. Since the claim over an abandoned U.S. territory is made as a Sovereign Native American, presence in the United States of America is necessary. The Royal Charter should provide for the formation of the American Monarchist Society and link the same with the Australian Monarchist League of which the principal claimant is a member. The Royal Charter shall actively support the CANZUK International, the international advocacy organization promoting closer economic, diplomatic and institutional ties including free movement between Canada, Australia, New Zealand & the UK.
BRITTANY S. LARK – my music teacher and remote viewing partner. (Photo Birthday greetings to HM Queen Elizabeth II on Her Majesty’s 89th birthday. Taken April 1, 2015)
Individuals who at one time or another worked with us on special projects around the world but I am not at liberty name like MJC of New Jersey.
In gratitude for the USA coming to the aid and support of Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. during WWII, we shall make the ENTIRE PHILIPPINES AN AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENT!
1. Restitutions are being sought for the financial, economic, psychological and other damages including death suffered by the natives during the Filipino Genocide better known as the Philippine War 1899-1902. More of a rebellion than a war, majority of the Filipino people welcomed the Americans. However it was Emilio Aguinaldo’s hardline stance and insistence to be recognized as the sole ruler of the Philippine archipelago that turned a dying rebellion to a brutal guerilla war. Today Dec. 12, 2024 is the 123rd death anniversary of our great grandfather Nicolas Aldana who was executed at the machinations of Emilio Aguinaldo. Please see: Nicolas Aldana & Emilio Aguinaldo – Dec. 27, 2015
Two years after President Theodore Roosevelt declared the end of the Philippine War 1899-1902, to introduce the USA’s most recent acquisition, native inhabitants of the Philippines were included in the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO dubbed Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Among the exhibits of the Human Zoo were the Apaches including Geronimo himself.
Not far from Geronimo with a token band of Apaches, were the Igorots of the Philippines
Philippine natives as part of the Human Zoo display at 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Bontoc Igorot men perform dances in the Philippine Exposition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, c. 1904. St. Louis Public Library, Louisiana Purchase Exposition glass plate negative collection.
The Shocking Story of the Young Filipino Zoo Girl Put on Display in Coney Island in 1906.
The girl, whose name is unknown, was one of the many indigenous people taken from their homelands and displayed in exhibits such as this. They were often treated like objects, with little regard for their dignity or fundamental human rights. They were forced to perform for the entertainment of the crowds, and their cultures and customs were often misrepresented or sensationalized. She was far from home, surrounded by strangers who looked at her as curious. She was dressed in traditional clothing and made to sit on a bench for hours, with no understanding of what was happening around her. Link: https://www.bygonely.com/young-filipino-zoo-girl/
2. Pre-WW II Philippine treasury assets of sometwo million dollars in gold bullion & $360,000 in silver sitting in the Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA since March 1942 PLUS$8.5 million worth of silver pesos dumped in Manila Bay in Feb. 1942. [20 tons of gold bars and silver pesos and/or 319 40-pound gold bars and 630 bags each containing 1,000 silver pesos the Japanese recovered in part after May 1942.
3. Allthe geothermal resources areas in the Philippines my late wife Maria Elena G. Macario has explored, now taken over by ethnic Chinese and ethnic Spaniards.
See: Stanford University – MS Petroleum Engineering Report by Ma. Elena G.
Macario
4. a.) The $32 billion cash the Philippine government under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo tried to deposit to various U.S. banks in March 2001.The U.S. banks by law could not take such deposit and turned over the same to Federal authorities.
4b.) Cash, real estate, shares of stocks, assets, jewelries and other valuables the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) HAS RECOVERED from the Ferdinand E. Marcos, his family, relatives, cronies, friends, political allies and subordinates in the Philippines and abroad, except those enumerated in No. 7. The PCGG was created by Cory Aquino after taking power on Feb. 28, 1986.
4c.) Cash, real estate, shares of stocks, assets, jewelries and other valuables the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) HAS NOT RECOVERED from the Ferdinand E. Marcos, his family, relatives, cronies, friends, political allies and subordinates in the Philippines and abroad.
See: Search for Marcos’
wealth: Compromising with cronies
Updated 11:30 AM, Saturday
February 27, 2016
Philip M. Lustre Jr. Published 5:15 PM, Thursday February 25, 2016
5. The Spratlys group of islands, reefs, atolls, shoals including Mischief Reefs occupied by China since April 1, 1995 including the oil, gas & minerals in the Philippines, specifically the 25 trillion cubic meters (900 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas reserves in the Spratlys areas per US EIA (Energy Information Administration), said to be the same as the proven reserves of Qatar.
7b.) Gold bullions worth $14 billion hidden and deposited in a warehouse in Kloten Airport in Switzerland.
7c.) The $658 million in Swiss bank deposits later identified as belonging to Marcos when the Swiss Supreme Court agreed to lift its banking secrecy over these accounts and deposits in 1987.
7d.) $141 billion worth of gold. 3,500 metric tons 99.999 purity, 12.5 kg/bar which was taken out of the country and deposited at the above-mentioned bank, Registered under the Ferdinand E. Marcos as the owner. As alleged in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Philippine Central Bank) Circular no. 49 covered by Gold Bullion certificate issued by Union Bank of Switzerland certificate no. 27581 B.L. 877 A.U. valued at $141 billion. (added Tue. Nov. 19, 2024)
References: Search for
Marcos’ wealth: Compromising with cronies
Philip M. Lustre Jr.
Published 5:15 PM, Thursday February 25, 2016
11. a.) Rent and back rentals for the use, misuse & abuse of our ancestral land from Dec. 12, 1901 to July 31, 1946.
11. b.) Rent and back rentals for the use, misuse & abuse of our ancestral land from July 04, 1946 to the present.
12.) The $145 Million Claim Over the Oil Fields of Sabah (Subject to revaluation) The $145 million is based on the WAIS e-mail discussions of Sept. 2002 with Martin Storey and moderated by Prof. Ronald Hilton. But the value is in fact closer to the $10 billion initially claimed.
The $145 Million Claim Over the Oil Fields of Sabah Part 1
In Aug.
2011, Aquino III’s uncle Danding Cojuangco head of San Miguel Corp. bought Esso
Malaysia Bhd, Exxon Mobil Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Exxon Mobil Borneo Sdn Bhd for$610
million including the 88,000 barrels per day Port Dickson refinery; seven (7) fuel distribution terminals; and about 560
refilling stations. A 2012 study,
Singapore-based FACTS Global Energy, reported that Sabah has reserves of about 11-12
trillion cubic feet of gas and at least 1.5 billion barrels of oilrepresenting
12% and 15% of Malaysia’s natural gas and oil reserves, respectively.
See:
Re-evaluation of the Claim over the Oil Fields of Sabah
13. War Bonds, Securities a.k.a. Victory Bonds issued prior to July 4, 1946 valued at $16 billion after Jan. 2006 per Ben Bernanke’s statement.
14. Benham Rise, also known as Benham Plateau, is a 13-million hectare undersea region east of Luzon. It is enclosed by the coordinates 119°30’E to 132°00’E and 12°10’N to 20°30’N latitude. Bigger than Luzon, the 13-M hectare Benham Rise has been approved by the UN as part of Philippine territory. Benham Rise: The Philippines’ new territory off Aurora province.
[Mindanao is known as “The
of Promise”. The promise of all the promises. Treasures, Land of God, the Lost
Paradise, The lost garden of Eden and the land of the last judgment in earth.
Bible scholars even pointed the Mindanao as the land of promise of all
promises. One verse of the Bible quoted “The God’s kingdom will rise again in
the east of the east seas where the Sun will rises first, in the white sand
shores where the only land which people are willing to live and die for
praising my name ”.]
Leaked diplomatic documents in Wikileaks showed the
United States has a special interest in the natural resources in Mindanao and
the ending of the armed conflict in the region, giving credence to a suspicion
that the United States is prodding the Aquino administration’s peace efforts
with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), including brokering the recent
secret meeting between MILF spokesman Al Haj Murad and President Aquino.
Wikileaks
obtained documents dated February 2006 or prior to the botched signing of the
Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) on Aug. 5, 2008 showing
extensive reference to the untapped rich mineral resources of Mindanao and
tensions in the region which hinder the exploitation of these resources.
The
leaked cable from the US embassy in Manila made particular reference to the
so-called Liguasan Marsh in the Cotabato Basin spanning 288,000 hectares and is
among areas controlled by the MILF.
The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has already identified natural gas and
oil deposits in three areas of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago: the Cotabato
Basin, the Davao-Agusan Basin; and an area straddling Tawi-Tawi and Sulu. The
Cotabato Basin, notably, includes the 288,000 hectare Liguasan Marsh,
straddling the provinces of Maguindanao, North Cotabato, and Sultan Kudurat,
according to the cable.
There are ^other funds & treasures
in Europe and elsewhere that rightfully belong to my people and the
Philippines.
Bienvenido Macario –
Lemuria MEG Macario Foundation Sunday 15 March 2015
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18. Jan. 8, 2017 – As of today we are adding to the claim the following: $141 billion worth of gold. 3,500 metric tons 99.999 purity, 12.5 kg/bar which was taken out of the country and deposited at the above-mentioned bank, Registered under the Ferdinand E. Marcos as the owner. As alleged in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Philippine Central Bank) Circular no. 49 covered by Gold Bullion certificate issued by Union Bank of Switzerland certificate no. 27581 B.L. 877 A.U. valued at $141 billion.
19. a.) Sept. 15, 2017 – The $2 billion war reparations given to the Philippines from 1945 to 1949 valued at $27.9 billion in 2018. According to the article “The Philippines: Bristling Bankrupt” published on Time Magazine’s Nov. 6, 1950 issue*.
When Pres. Truman sent a fact finding team headed by Daniel Bell, it was discovered that “the profits of the businessmen and income of large landowners increased considerably while the standard of living of the people were lower than it was before the war.” – from “In Our Image by Stanley Karnow (1989) p. 345
19. b.)War reparations from Japan in the form of ships and industrial machineries estimated at around $300 million in 1948 and given during Quirino’s administration but was divided among his cronies long before the goods were even received. “In Our Image by Stanley Karnow (1989) p. 361
19. c. ) Oct. 25, 2017 – The military benefits, back pay of over 260,000 Filipino WWII veterans and guerrillas whose war service were deemed “not active” service and the guerrillas denied recognition by the Rescission Act of 1946 enacted by the 79th Congress of the USA on Feb. 18, 1946
§107.
Certain service deemed not to be active service (a) *Service
before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Government of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines, while such forces were in the service of the
Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to the military order of the
President dated July 26, 1941, * including among such military forces organized
guerrilla forces under commanders appointed, designated, or subsequently
recognized by the Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area, or other
competent authority in the Army of the United States, shall not be deemed to
have been active military, naval, or air service for the purposes of any law of
the United States conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon any
person by reason of the service of such person or the service of any other
person in the Armed Forces
Pres.
Truman’s 38 Statement Concerning Provisions in Bill Affecting Philippine
Army Veterans – Feb. 20, 1946. Includes information on Roxas’ acknowledgment that
he received funds of $200 million allotted by Pres. Truman for Philippine Army WWII
veterans.
20. a) Oct. 7, 2018 – COMPENSATION FOR WORLD WAR II MASSACRES COMMITTED BY THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE FORCES: Among others, Bataan Death March: Pantingan River Massacre April 12, 1942: Remuneration, reparations and restitution for Japanese atrocities in the Philippines during WWII, among others, the massacre of 350 to 400 Filipino soldiers of mostly from the 91st Division of the USAFFE on April 12, 1942.
20. c) Fort Santiago Massacreswith focus on the massacres that occurred between December 1944 to March 1945, and specifically the execution of about 50 suspected guerrillas including Brig. Gen. Vicente Lim USMA 1914 on Dec. 31, 1944 at the Chinese Cemetery. Link under construction.
One note-book presumably belonging to a member of the Akasuki Force, says:—”February 7, 1945. One hundred and fifty guerillas were disposed of tonight. I personally stabbed and killed 10. February 8: Guarded over 1,184 guerillas which were newly brought in to-day. February 9. Burned 1,000 guerillas to death to night. February 10: Guarded approximately 1,660 guerillas. February 13. Enemy tanks are lurking in the vicinity of Banzai Bridge (Jones Bridge, Manila). Our attack, preparation has been completed. Iam now on guard duty at guerilla internment camp. While I was on duty 10 guerillas tried to escape. They were stabbed to death. At 16.00, all guerillas were burned to death.” from: Japanese Atrocities Make Tale Of Horror by Jack Percival Our War Correspondent in the Philippines
20. d) Los Baños Massacre Feb. 1945 – The highly successful raid on Los Baños prison camp on Feb. 23, 1945, conducted by elements of the 11th Airborne Division and Hunters ROTC guerrillas liberated 2,147 Allied civilian and military internees from University of Philippines at Los Baños an agricultural school campus turned Japanese internment camp. One of Japanese who escaped when the liberators attacked, Lt. Sadaaki Konishi, Imperial Japanese Army, came back a few days later,
with reinforcements. Finding
all the POWs gone he vented his rage on the people in nearby towns and
massacred some 1,500 men, women, and children which they suspected of
collaborating with the liberators. Konishi was later tried for war crimes and
convicted in the Philippines (1946-1947) and hanged in Japan.
Rottman,
G.L., 2010, The Los Baños Prison Camp Raid, Oxford: Osprey Publishing
Ltd., ISBN 9781849080750
20. e)Batangas Massacre – From 9 October 1944 to 1 May 1945, Japanese soldiers massacred up to 25,000 mostly civilians in Lipa, Batangas province.
From:
Bill of Particulars for the Yamashita trial as written on 8 October 1945 by
Major Robert M. Kerr included as part of the appendix of a thesis
entitled “In Re Yamashita,” by Alston Shepherd Kirk, dated May 1974.
20. f ) Massacre at De La Salle College – In one of the worst massacres in the Battle of Manila civilians and the Christian Brothers who sought shelter in the chapel of De La Salle College, were systematically killed.
Mar 20, 2013 – Two released American prisoners of war in chair & on bed. The PoW of Albuquerque introduces his buddy, Sgt. Donald Smith of Boulder, Colorado to interviewer & they talk about events on Death March after capture to San Fernando. No food, no water; Japanese bayoneted Filipinos women & children who tried to give them food & water. Moved after three days in box cars to camp. Lost 150 most of who were bayoneted.
21.)
World Bank Loans to the Philippines from Oct. 2011 to July 2013 totaling $4
billion for disaster preparation and recovery. When Typhoon Haiyan devastated
Central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, there were no preparations. During the
rescue and recovery efforts, it became obvious that there were no funds for the
relief of the typhoon victims. Thousands of dead bodies littered the disaster
area for weeks, even months after the typhoon.
Excerpt:
“Worse, the World Bank gave a $3.7 billion loan to the Philippines in October
2011 and another $300 million last July 13, 2013. There might be other loans,
grants, and aid I am not aware of. I’ve excluded the $150 million donations
from the international community for the typhoon (Haiyan) relief efforts.
The
Philippines is a former US territory and this country has a special
responsibility to those islands and its people. We should stop funding
oppression and the undemocratic oligarchy in the Philippines, withdraw our
Ambassador and encourage others to do the same.
23.)
Benguet Consolidated Mines, San Miguel Corporation and other companies,
corporations and entities, rehabilitated after WWII, using U.S. Assistance and
other funding including U.S. and Japanese war reparations in cash or in kind
such as ships and equipment including grants, loans or other creative
funding. Benguet Consolidated Mines received
$6 million while other American-owned businesses received $150 million in 1946.
Eventually the oligarchs took over the American-owned businesses.
24.)
We hereby claim, among others, restitution for the financial,
economic and other as Natives of the Philippines, victims of the Spanish regime
and the remnants thereof that evolved into the main component of the
present-day oligarchy from June 1571 to the present. We also seek the return of
our ancestral land with compensation for the use misuse and abuse of our lands
and natural resources.
25.) September 24, 2005: Real Estate such as Philippine embassy and consular properties overseas, the Cory Aquino administration and succeeding administrations sold, exchanged and/or disposed of. Examples are the Philippine government properties where the Philippine embassies or consulates are situated. For example the Philippine Consul in San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan.
Other
assets include Jewelry, paintings, collectibles, antiques sequestered by the
Cory Aquino regime from the Marcoses, their relatives, friends, cronies and
politicians, including other who were not even connected directly or indirectly
with the Marcoses.
Examples are the Philippine government property in San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan.
Other
assets include Jewelry, paintings, collectibles, antiques sequestered by the
Cory Aquino regime from the Marcoses, their relatives, friends, cronies and
politicians, including other who were not even connected directly or indirectly
with the Marcoses.
Featuring: SEVEN Canaletto paintings of Venice,
plus 122 other priceless oil paintings by Italian Masters valued at least £18.6
million.
On Feb. 25, 1986, Marcos was toppled by
“People Power” and Cory Aquino became de-facto president by 1987 Cory Aquino
formed the PCGG Presidential Commission on Good Government, in charge of
recovering ill-gotten wealth from the Marcoses, their relatives, cronies and
politicians. Among the “recovered”
assets from the Marcoses were seven (7) Canaletto paintings of Venice and 122
other priceless paintings by Italian Masters.
In 2005 Ricardo Abcede was appointed the new PCGG Chairman who rushed the sale of these
priceless paintings sold the same at Christie’s of London for
$16 million.
Later, on July 7, 2005, The Guardian
reported that Christie’s of London sold one Canaletto painting for $11.5
million. Art Daily News said another Canaletto painting as being sold at $20
million. All together the Canaletto paintings and 122 other oil paintings were
sold by Christie’s of London at an estimated price from $1 billion to $1.6
billion.
References:
Venetian painting by Canaletto sold for
record £11.5m
Sam Jones Thu 7 Jul 2005 07.58 EDT First
published on Thu 7 Jul 2005 07.58 EDT
The greatest crime
during the Cory regime was the multi-billion dollar loss of selling off
priceless art BY THE WAY – Max V. Soliven () – September 25, 2005 –
12:00am
26. a) Among others, government infrastructures and facilities such as ports, airports, water, light rail, rail roads, utilities, power plants, transmissions, shipping, port operations, telephone, telecommunication, satellites, railroads, toll roads other utilities including the Philippine Airlines and profits therefrom since 1946.
26. b.) Missed opportunities. About two months after the death of my wife, on Feb. 12, 2011, I proposed the creation of a Freely Associated State in the Philippines or parts thereof; transfer factories from China and elsewhere, even build new ones if need be. The products of these factories would be rightfully labelled as “MADE IN THE USA” and sold in the US, tariff free. See:
26. c) Continued from no. 17^ Examples of ^Other funds and treasures in Europe and elsewhere that rightfully belong to my people: A Marcos crony and former golfing partner Hernando Disini left the Philippines with the $50.56 million commission/kickbacks for the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant deal. Disini sought refuge in Austria.
References:
Search
for Marcos’ wealth: Compromising with cronies
Philip
M. Lustre Jr. Published 5:15 PM, Thursday February 25, 2016
26. d) Still other monies and funds found their way to Russia that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo tried but failed to retrieve. Her brother-in-law Iggy Arroyo deposited funds in a UK bank around 2009. In 2004 Philippine Daily Tribune reported that Iggy Arroyo’s net worth was placed at $5,196,428.57 while First Gentleman Mike Arroyo at $1.5 million. In late Aug. 2011 Iggy Arroyo went back to London. He died of cancer in Jan. 2012.
“In
a telephone interview Friday with the Philippine Daily Inquirer in Bacolod
City, Iggy Arroyo said he was confined in a hospital in London for a
checkup on his liver and surgery to repair his hipbone. He said he first had
hip surgery 12 years ago.”
I don’t
think Aquino III is after any Corona’s, the Arroyos’ or Marcoses assets in the
Philippines or abroad. Below is the real story behind Iggy
Arroyo’s trip to London for “liver check-up”
If Aquino III is after the money Gloria M. Arroyo
has looted from the Philippine treasury, WAIS
Chairman Cameron Sawyer who based in Russia, has given an idea where it went as
early as June 02, 2011. Note that Iggy Arroyo, Gloria’s brother-in-law went to
London in Aug. 2011 two months after
Cameron Sawyer’s post. Cameron and I met in a conference in England last July
2011.
“Every Russian oligarch has at least
a house in London, and many of them live there permanently. There they rub
elbows with their counterparts from India, China, the whole Arab world,
Southeast Asia (Iggy Arroyo?), and much of the rest of the world. The
beneficiary is the UK economy–when they decide to take their companies public,
they naturally do it in London, where they feel at home.”
From: WAIS post: Taxation of US Citizens Abroad – June 02, 2011 (Cameron Sawyer, Russia, 06/02/11)
Negros
Occidental Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo wanted to spend Christmas in the country
but was
advised by doctors not to do so, congressional chief of staff Edgar Ruado said.
After WWI, the victors awarded former German possessions mostly to Japan with German Samoa going to New Zealand. After WWII, The U.S. took over the Marshall Islands, the Carolines, the Marianas, the Palau Islands.
I am claiming the former German possessions in the Pacific on behalf of HM Queen Elizabeth II considering that those territories were purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm II who was the first cousin of King George V, HM Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather.
Borders of German New Guinea before (in blue) and after (in red) the 1899 German-Spanish treaty. – From wikipedia
Thursday Aug. 15, 2024 – Today is the 79th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII. This is what I posted on the Facebook pages of Best of British, British & Commonwealth Forces, Conservatives (U.K.), MacArthur Memorial, American History TV and WWII in the Philippines:
Thu. Aug. 15, 2024 “Japanese education curriculum prioritizesportraying the country (Japan) as a VICTIM of World War II rather than acknowledging its role as an aggressor.” This must be corrected.
Did you know this in “LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA”? The young Japanese actors portraying soldiers during the Battle of Iwo Jima had limited knowledge of the actual events since the Japanese education system does not extensively teach about the battle. This is partly because Japanese education curriculum prioritizes portraying the country (Japan) as a VICTIM of World War II rather than acknowledging its role as an aggressor. As a result, many Japanese citizen, especially those born after the war, have limited knowledge about the details of the battle
On the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Shin Nakayama, Nikkei Asia’s Editor-in-Chief, wrote about Nagasaki’s decision not to invite the Israeli Ambassador prompting others including those from the U.K. and the U.S. to boycotted the ceremony.
Hello from Tokyo. Seventy-nine years ago today, Nagasaki, a city in western Japan, was devastated by an atomic bomb. Nagasaki and Hiroshima remain the only places in the world to have experienced such destruction. Each summer, ceremonies are held in both cities to silently pray for peace and renew the resolve to achieve a planet without nuclear weapons.
This year’s events have received more attention than usual due to Nagasaki’s decision not to invite the Israeli ambassador — a move that led some other ambassadors, including those from the U.S. and the U.K., to stay away in protest. This situation highlights the complex interaction between historical memory, diplomacy and current international relations.
The history of U.S. participation in these ceremonies is worth noting. For more than 60 years after World War II, U.S. ambassadors did not attend the events in either city. That changed when Ambassador John Roos went to the Hiroshima ceremony in 2010 and the Nagasaki event in 2012. The presence of U.S. presidents in these cities — let alone the ceremonies themselves — is even rarer, with Barack Obama becoming the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima in 2016, while Joe Biden followed in his footsteps last year.
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On “Japan Forward” Facebook page, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said: “No matter how difficult the path to a world without nuclear weapons may be, we cannot stop striving toward that goal.“
My comment were as follows: Fri. Aug. 9, 2024 – The atomic bombings of Japan was the solution to fanaticism. Don’t you think we also have to address fanaticism, extremism and most of all indifference?
Excerpt: I am not totally against the Kyoto Protocol. Totalitarianism, extremism and indifference will be the three roots of man’s problems in the 21st century. We just have to be relatively on the same page.But the Philippines is not yet ready for self-rule. It is difficult to argue that after 60 years of failing to develop, the Philippines as a whole should be allowed to maintain the status quo. The Kyoto Prootocol and deforestation. (Bienvenido Macario, ex-Philippines) 02/19/06 at 9:37 am
Still on Japan Forward, a comment by Ernes MN An atomic bomb is the most unspeakable crime of humanity. The state that thought it could drop two of these atomic bombs on the population of Japan today shamelessly thinks it is guilty of one of the greatest crimes against humanity and cannot take part in the ceremony of the victims of its crime. That is the USA, that is the western way of thinking. Shame on humanity!
My reply: Ernes MN The Japanese in WW2 were fanatics. Without the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki over a million American and allied troops would have died invading Japan. Japanese pilots were deliberately crashing their bomb-laden planes on U.S. warships.The atomic bomb was the answer to fanaticism. Do you think the Japanese learned their lesson.No. They did not. Japan engaged I. Revisionism and taught post WW2 Japanese that their country was the VICTIM in WW2. How’s that for being human? Thu. Aug. 15, 2024 at 11:40pm
