On the recordMay 18, 1898
I have determined to order that all ports or places in the Philippines which may be in the actual possession of our land and naval forces by conquest shall be opened.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWilliam McKinley: “I have determined to order that all ports or places in the Philippines which may be in the actual possession of our land…”
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