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FDR: “I give the Filipino people my word that the Republic of the Philippines will be established the moment the power of our…”

On the recordAugust 11, 1943
I give the Filipino people my word that the Republic of the Philippines will be established the moment the power of our Japanese enemies is destroyed.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address to the People of the Philippines on Post-War Independence

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