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SUBJECT Ithifesto Addressed to Filipino Peopleby Jesus Lava, Secretary General ofPhilippine Communist Party

DATE OF INFO. late 1952 - April 1953

Philippines, .Isnilti

REPORT NO. CS -3.0433

DATE OISTR. 21 May 1953

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SOURCE: Well-educated resident of central Luzon municipality who is a former memberof the Philippine Communist, Party, and who has maintained contact with 'formerassociates active in Party organs (C). Appraisal of Content: Docusantary.

The following is a translation of the Tagalog text of an undated manifesto ad-dressed to the Filipino people by Jesus Lava, Secretary General .of, the PhiLippineCommunist Party. The manifesto, which is in the form of an open letter, is be-lieved to have been prepared either during late 1952 or early 1953. It bears .Lava's signature, and it may in fact, have been prepared by him. This is ,be-lieved to be one of the few available Philippine Communist documents in whichLava has been described as the present Party General Secretary, although hisassignment and continued :function in this position since shortly after the arrestof his 'brother, Jose, in October 1950, is well established. Jesus is the thirdof the . Lava others to o:cupy this position, since Vicente . preceded Jose asSe=.etary General.).

As a statement of the .current Philippine Coraiinist ; policy of the so-called - *iceoffensive, the document is not. outsteryling when compared with other,curient :doeu-mentery material presenting the Party's official position, either for =ixiternis/Or mass consumption. , This may lend support to an assumption that4leve,altheOnce_ da'sorib0:as;: ).3aPart.:41::' ''*ia.a,143filY..t.../soreil:diait , may ii9.4'44.1,e)-f'iba'.4author

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1. Our brarYved country i^ /. .0 J • nun a qorv serioue alLeent. It has long beennide to suffer by an cid 1...“,a,...e whi:h exhaustod the vitality and strength of-...'n people and causad ,.)..r o,.40.0 ,I'y G.) lapse into the net of prostration. The£32 years of oppression toti nlavery by pillaging foreignera completely weakened_Iv oconow, ow exintenoo;, and the rgrality of our people; so =eh so that,rouly of us are alreaoz unawal e c r cqr pertain:my. Some of us became Spaniards;3ttusei became Japanc.le; knd rawly came Ameritene, in ap.irit if not in color.Ftlipinism. that peso: orate ante entkr.istnstic pro-Filipino sentiment which en-couraged and trrged tb-.)se )i Ke Lepa-Lapu and Dagohoy, Diego Silang, Bonifacio,Luna, Del Pilar, Crleant., F.,verc-e, , lisCa, and Jose Abed Santos to become heroesand martyrs, is a rirtual th t.ng of 1 neo pas t , wh.U.e the slave mentality, thebeggarly manner of $one arel moo" tr:',Iled self-aggrandi aement and subs erviencet.!... alien masters: cue tne pr ednialnating spirit among the so-called wise andillustrious. Yes, we were *.eught to vcc.s* obedient Sibrei to the exploitingf :reignera . 3

:,,zr uritry has Just t e . : A.red .1..' :a. the terrible destruction of the past war; aIan not of on own making =re e: a-t our desire. At present, in spite of thegonorositY" of Dour Aseari:an masters". mnlions of Filipino workers and employeser

- cam the streets, beggiAs' fcr «K .`ck. liring ,:n Charity, dying of hunger. Millionsf rearante sweated an b*Ltd tr. -iving away the oppressive Spaniards and Japanese

fr:Im cur shores; peasants, wh:se blood is still dripping through the ability ofAaeriz.en dominators; are stlit thirsty f,r e. peace of land which really belongs1-., them. Millions 8313C; 317 snal:... 1-...nd-owning farmers have no more lope to getup from debt and rartgsge, a .. e •o ,./ living a hUagry and needy existence. Evenc ar bourgeoisie is euffeling uoder a progressing, renewed oppression by richf..." lens and by the gorernte-,, un.1.1..); c.-...eima to be independent and apart frbrar.e wei/thy, but is atte.gle, t : the etn'i strings and is the servant of faceign

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.4.1 are 'in the midst -..-,...: ti. Inteznai Revelutioe for National Liberation from our'generous roasters". • Ow lenders, groups, or parties chose the easy, "honorable,"and the best'rooney-making %rev cf :....,1/abarration and puppetry. Our country issuffering not only due to the oppression of foreigners, but also from the handsof our countrymen, who, voluntarily or not, are permitting themselves to beusec as tools of a foreign master sga.inet the welfare of our own people. Theserotten acdloathi`til instrumenti of Wall Street went furtiher, through the same metedcorrupting and bribing the h1,03 an the population so they :rould_aervo withoutdanger Illg their welfare and to that of their muter.

/.. In the Midst of this coraplioated ant, politioal, s 0.141 , .. and ,moral i problem,the danger of a- noii . war appeared ; a . war that :mai :btirn. '. and ! finish all2 the countries1:$'1.... ilie :-",vh03-i:- - 14crild',', :iliaio-Laii; late 3ce16txr . andite :::*Ople ;.:':.:241';.wari . it:MilliOsi ;": times - :.

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existed :for' the ;Ordinery man, In ,nrder - t6 . 11ght for- it ; way:;Clf ' .1.if'''whish ii lefiniti,., . . " , .;way. of .'poverty, want, misery, extreme hunger, and hopeleaanese in life.

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5. pear Countrynen:- It in not yet too late; the war can still be evaded. The warcan still be blocked by the united (incise and movement of the people, of all thepeople who understand the need or blocking it. We are not alone in this StruggltThe people all over the world. laborers and pennant°, students and professionals,in America, Europe, Africa. the Middle Fat and Lein, the people in the SovietUnion, China Koren, and Eastern Lurope, are ell in this fight for peace. Shallwe &2.10w a helndful of prefiverebhini: imnerialicts to plunge the world into awar without ntruegline to ope:se them? Shall we nullify our right to right for

.world peace? If PO, then wn arc also repudiating our singular right to live.

6. The involvement in war of the Philippines and the Filipino people is painful tothe hearte of our population. Out how could our involvement ho avoided, if thewar cannot be evaded? Foreign troops and military bases must be removed fromour nhores. Cur monery iv not DO short as to forget the lessons of the past war.These bases and foreign troops are not for eur protection. We are being madeinto a fort and converted into a screen upon which the incediate ferocity of theinitial attack will be let loose, like the employment of civilians as a barri...adeby the Japanese in order to coeer their retreat,

7. We must not be carried away and deceivedoto join an agreement in the Pacific*:a Seuiheist Asia Union'or the ANZUS Fact. Let us not allow our maluablematerials be stolen by A warmoneering power. (This is what the /CA is doing.).--We should not permit that the 2tborer5, the peasants, the Filipino students, andprofensionals in military uniferm to be uned tea cannon fodder so the tanks, air-planes maehineguns: and rifles of Du Pont, Morgan, Ford, and Rockefeller canbe cold at staggering profile.' Let us not permit the Japanese militarists toraise their heads again who, even now, are already demonstrating arrogance andtotal desregard of the righta of the Filipino ation. 14 are the recognizedvictors in the last wax, bntioeoce bas definitely disappeared from us - just "\),because of the aesiro of the American capitalists of weapons to reap the maximumprofit, because they merely wish that Japan be the.one to exploit: and apprese thesweat and the blood of the Asians. We must be sure not to permit ourselves tobe used la the work whtlh will only bury US Filipinos deeper in bondage , of the'shackles of slavery.

S. We are rA1t1ng on all true Filipinos from all walks of life; Let us csr.t asidepartisan sentiment!, for the time being; let us forget past misunderstandings;subordinate the narrow and selfish interest, and join and unite with - this move-nent for peace, liberty, and prosperity. The National Liberation Movement, ledby the Communist Party of the :Philippines, is ready to unite, join, and cooperatein the' work, movecent, and struggle of any person, group, Or party which loparty,believes in and is ready to fight far peace. We have to struggle together, becauseif not, we will perish if divided. To perish fighting together as one for theproblem or . peace liberty, and prosperity; and to survive together as one forpeace, liberty, :Ind prosperity, whet greater Filipinism is there to look for?

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1. Yashineton Comment) Jose Lava is now serving a life sentence in a Manilaprison as a re:ult of his conviction with other member:1 of the PhilippineCommunist Party Politburo in May 1951; Vicente died in 1947, presumablyafter having selected Jose to hie eventual succoseor. Jesus is believedto have assumed the poet of Secretary General during early /951. See SO-940i(Augist 1952) for a summery of information referring to connections of member:of -the Lava family with the Philippino Communist movement.

2. Ywthinaon Commor, t. Ao Secretary General, and as a member of the PartySecretariat, and pwsibly other natimal-level organs, Lava prosumAblYparticipates in the actual preparation of various theoretical documentsreleased for circulation Among Party organs.

3. Washington Comment. The inclUSion of such early Philippine Communiet leader:as Evangeltsta and Abed Santos in this listing of Filipino heroes is note-worthy; this is of interest in connection with the patriotism and national-insthemes expounded in CS-1309, previously referenced.

4. NagbinagnSagmg.L.., See CS-1309 and CS-8622 (May 1952) and referenced reportand commenta.

Yftshiuton prnrhy. The fact that the document was prepared in Tagalog, ratherthan in English,:or othe- Philippine dialects, is noteUorthy.: However, it isnot known whether'tta nanifesto- was also cir .:Illated in other languages. TheJegree of Lava'vfacility in Tagalog, Manning he Actualli urote the docunent,!r not exceptional', insofar ar: this can be judged from this 'translation.

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