European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday february 26,1986 Aquino will accept . Bases Magazine says App nolo Hamburg up Corazon Aquino the new presi Dent of the Philippines in an interview released tuesday was quoted As saying she will accept the agreement on american bases until it expires but will not renounce sovereignty Over them forever. The German picture Magazine Stern reported she said president Reagan s Zig Zag course and his original ignoring of president Ferdinand e. Marcos s election swin dle had disappointed her deeply. Stern reported she said she will respect the agreement on the american presence at Subic Bay and Clark a until the pacts expire in 1991. But i will not tie myself Down beyond that she was quoted As saying. A permanent renunciation of the Sov Craig Only of the Philippines would be for me As chief of state  the Magazine said Aquino criticized Reagan s first re action to the disputed election which led to the resignation of Marcos. Stern said she made Clear to the americans that i reached my goal without foreign help with the help of the philippine people  the weekly Magazine which three years ago attracted worldwide attention with a Hitler diary hoax released a paraphrased version of an interview with her in Advance or  Aquino is sworn in As president As her daughters. Pinky left and Balsy and or Mother in Law listen. U.s., Philippines both Benefit from 2 bases by Norman Black a military writer Washington the United states relics in two bases in the Philippines to extend its military umbrella into the Western Pacific and Asia because their spot on the Globe makes them uniquely qualified 10 accomplish . Strategic goals. The relationship Overall has been a rather comfortable one for the United Stales As Well As the Philippines. More than eight decades of growth at the installations has turned Clark a and the Subic Bay naval base into the largest . Military complexes outside the coun try and made them key contributors to the philippine Economy. The relationship is intact for the moment despite the unrest that led tuesday to the abdication of Power by president Ferdinand Marcos. Secretary of state George p. Shutlz announced that the United states has officially recognized the new government of Corazon Aquino. Publicly Pentagon officials like Rich Ard l. Armitage the assistant defense Secretary for International Security affairs say they believe Clark and Subic will re main under . Control no matter what happens to Marcos. The current . Lease is Good at least through 1991, and there has been Little evidence the filipino people want americans out. Shultz buttressed those statements tuesday by noting that Aquino widow of slain philippine opposition Leader Binigno Aquino has supported the presence of the bases and insofar As 1 know has no question in her mind that they arc there  he said the agreement for the bases runs to 1991, and i m sure when that Lime comes there will be  officials acknowledge that the defense department has been studying Contin gency Sites to replace the bases but that study has led to one Mam conclusion. Clark and Subic Are not irreplaceable but we need them and want to keep them said a source who declined to be identified by name. Whatever you think of Marcos there is no other single location that can do the Job we need  that Job ranges from support for Var ious communications and intelligence facilities to standby facilities for nuclear weapons storage to staging Points for naval and Aerial reconnaissance missions Over several so called choke Points cited Marcos from Page 1 whelmed a Force of civilians who sought to Block them at the Palace Gates and the mobs swarmed across the grounds and into the Palace. Screaming Long live Cory and mar cos is a thief they rushed to the stage where Marcos hours earlier tuesday was sworn into office for another six Yean in office despite having lost control Over events. The mobs ignoring official appeals to preserve the Palace ripped portraits of Marcos and Bis wife Imelda off Palace Walls and set them ablaze broke Chande Liers and hurled government records from the second floor windows of the White Spanish style mansion. Thousands of others broke into the administrative building laughing As they made their Way to the third floor office of Media affairs where swarming like ants they carted away telephones typewriters and everything else in sight. Enrile and it. Gen. Fidel Ramos then Deputy armed forces chief precipitated Marcos downfall saturday by Laking ref Uge in two military Camps in a Manila sub Urb and announcing that they no longer recognized the legitimacy of his govern ment. Disaffected troops rallied around the two military leaders sparking a rapid erosion of support for Marcos. Tens of thousands of civilians surrounded the Camps to prevent a counterattack by Marcos loyalists. Aquino took an oath of office As the seventh president of the philippine Republic urging All filipinos to join her in re building the nation.". Two rebel air Force helicopters circled Over the suburban sports club where Aqui no s inaugural was held and several dozen soldiers dressed in fatigues and armed with assault rifles were deployed outside. In her Brief inaugural address the 53 year old Aquino the Philippines first woman president called for National reconciliation saying that she is very magnanimous in  "1 Call on All those countrymen of ours who Are not yet with us to join us at the earliest possible time so that together we  our Beautiful country she Silt her swearing in was followed by a Simi Lar Marcos ceremony in the Palace leaving the nation of 54 million people with two Heads of state for several hours until mar cos agreed to step Down in Exchange for Safe passage out of the country. Both had claimed Victory in the fraud marred feb. 7 presidential election Al though Marcos was proclaimed the Winner by the National Assembly which his party controlled. Aquino ended her Brief inaugural address by asking about 800 guests assembled for the hastily called ceremonies to join her in the lord s prayer. A jubilant crowd of 7,000 outside chanted Cory  in a series of directives Aquino called for the resignation of All appointed govern ment officials beginning with members of the supreme court Aquino appointed her vice presidential running mate Salvador Laurel 57, prime minister designate. She also retained Marcos rebellious de sense minister Enrile and promoted Ramos to full general making him chief of staff of the armed forces. Claudio Teehankee senior Justice of the supreme court administered the oath of office to Aquino As her five children and her Mother in Law Aurora Aquino 76, looked on. % the ceremonies began with a member of parliament nepali Gonzales Reading a people s Resolution signed by More than 100 filipinos including 60 legislators for Mer senators and supreme court justices. My dear countrymen Aquino declared sovereignty resides in the people and All government authority emanates from them. On the basis of the people s mandate clearly manifested on feb. 7,1 and Salva Dor Laurel Are taking Power in the name and by the will of toe filipino people As president and vice president  proclaiming that reason and compas Sion have prevailed the United states extended recognition to the new philippine government of Aquino and praised the filipino people As the True heroes in the rapid events that ended the 20-year Rule of Marcos Shultz announced. Shultz pledged that Marcos his family and close associates would be Given Safe  we Praise the decision of president Marcos. Reason and compassion have prevailed in ways that Best serve the filipino nation and people Shultz said. The United states extends recognition to this new government beaded by presi Dent Aquino he said. We pay special tribute to her for her commitment to non violence which has earned her the respect of All  by president Reagan in a news conference feb. Ii. The bases sit astride air and sea routes that can control and Supply a huge sweep of the Pacific from the Straits of Malacca to the South the Gateway to the Indian Ocean to the South China sea to the West and the philippine sea and East China sea to the North. Beyond such a strategic discussion however is one that turns on dollars and cents. Reduced to its simplest terms Clark and Subic offer something that could never be replica cd for inc same amount of Money Cut rate multipurpose Pacific pit stops where ships and planes and their Crews can go for supplies repairs rest and recreation and training. The naval ship repair facility at Subic can accomplish almost any task that can be done at any Continental us shipyard the Navy says in a published description. More than 28,000 filipinos work at Subic alone. 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