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FDR: “The United States, in practice, regards the Philippines as having now the same status as the Governments of other…”

On the recordOctober 5, 1943
The United States, in practice, regards the Philippines as having now the same status as the Governments of other independent Nations.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Requesting Authority to Proclaim a Free Philippines

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