Excerpts from the Press Conference
06/08/1942
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It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.
The name of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs is changed to the Office of Inter-American Affairs.
It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.
We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.