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Bases in Philippines Likely to Stay; Sentiments Softening Among Those Opposed to U.S. Presence

The Washington Post | August 16, 1987 | Copyright

There was a time, not too many years ago, when Agapito (Butz) Aquino, brother of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino, was at the forefront of various leftist protest marches against the presence of American military bases on Philippine soil.

Now Aquino is a member of the newly formed Philippine Senate, which must ratify any new agreement to retain the bases. And on the Senate's opening day last month, Aquino explained to reporters his current thinking on the continuation of the American military presence here.

"What I would like to see is an orderly dismantling…

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