Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/17/1944
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We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.
It may be in another week or ten days.
The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.
We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and...