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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 517, June 16, 1975 ]

CREATING INTER-AGENCY STUDY GROUPS TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR THE CONVERSION OF U.S. MILITARY BASES IN THE PHILIPPINES INTO REVENUE-GENERATING AREAS

There are hereby created three Inter-Agency Study Groups charged with the task of drawing up plans for the conversion of U.S. military bases in the Philippines into revenue-generating complexes in order to develop the full commercial potentials of these areas.

There will be one committee each., divided into a government and a private sector group, to study three major military installations – Subic Naval Base, Clark Air Base and Camp John Hay – to be composed as follows:

I. Subic Naval Base

Coordinator

1. Mr. Victor M. Taylor
Executive Office

Government Sector

1. Comm. Alfredo C. Protacio Philippine Navy	Chairman
2. Capt. Victorino Basco Maritime Industry Authority	Member
3. Mayor Geronimo Lipumano Olongapo City	Member
4. Capt. Rodolfo Santos Philippine Military Liaison Office	Member
5. Mr. Felix Gonzales Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources	Member
6. Mr. Pedro Sare Luzon Stevedoring Corporation	Member
7. Mr. Severino Cortez, Jr. Export Processing Zone Authority	Member
8. Mr. Recaredo de la Rosa Philippine National Oil Company	Member
9. Mr. Pedro Prado Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications	Member
10. Mr. Jonathan de la Cruz Department of Labor	Member
11. Mr. Cesar Tuazon Department of Industry Private Sector Group	Member

Private Sector Group

1. Capt. Benjamin Mata Philippine Shipbuilders’ Association	Chairman
2. Mr. Dante Santos Philippine Appliance Corporation	Member
3. Representative Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines	Member
4. Representative Philippine Chamber of Industry	Member
5. Representative Conference of Inter-Island Shipowners and Operators	Member
6. Representative Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines	Member

II. Clark Air Base

Coordinator

Col. Luis Mirasol, Jr.
Executive Officer

1. Gen. Samuel O. Sarmiento Philippine Air Force	Chairman
2. Gen. Marte Iglesias Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation	Member
3. Mayor Rafael Lazatin Angeles City	Member
4. Section Jose Medina, Jr. Department of Agrarian Reform	Member
5. Col. Pacifico Lopez deLeon Philippine National Oil Company	Member
6. Col. Nilo Olegario Philippine Military Liaison Office	Member
7. Mr, Jose Viado Bureau of Forest Development	Member
8. Mr, Ramon Casanova People’s Homesite and Housing Corporation	Member
9. Mr. Luis P. Baltazar Department of Agriculture	Member
10. Mr. Arturo Sodusta Department of Labor	Member
11. Mr. Jose Valdecanas Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications	Member
12. Mr. Ricardo Tamparong Department of Industry	Member

Private Sector Group

1. Representative Philippine Air Lines	Chairman
2. Representative Philippine Chamber of Industry	Member
3. Representative Chamber of Commerce of Industries	Member
4. Representative Philippine Chamber of Wood Industries	Member
5. Representative Ayala Corporation	Member
6. Representative Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines	Member

III. Camp John Hay

Coordinator

1. Mr. Roberto L. Abling
Executive Officer

Government Sector

1. Col. Rodolfo Cacdac Department of Tourism	Chairman
2. Mayor Luis Lardizabal Baguio City	Member
3. Mr, Apollo Jucaban	Member

Private Sector Group

1. Mr. Rodolfo Mondoñedo Ayala Corporation	Chairman
2. Mr. Jose Mananzan Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Philippines	Member

These Study Groups are charged with the following:

1. Make an inventory of existing resources and’ facilities in the above-mentioned Bases as well as in the surrounding communities;

2. Design a Master Plan for the full development of the revenue-and employment-generating potentials of these areas;

3. Formulate an Operation Plan for the implementation of the Master Design, identifying among other things a realistic time-phasing of activities, probable facilities to be retained in the Bases and resource inputs required;

4. Determine the economic feasibility of the plans formulated;

5. Draw-up programs for the mobilization of resources required;

6. Recommend the organizational structure and legislative requirements to effect these Plans;

7. Study possible dislocations in the labor force and recommend stop-gap labor-generating measures during slack transitional periods; and

8. Study the linkages of the envisioned complexes with existing and proposed political, industrial, agricultural and economic centers in the country.

The Study Groups shall at the earliest possible time identify the financial requirements for undertaking these studies. Funds shall be drawn from the Preliminary-Engineering Fund.1aшphi1

The Study Groups are authorized to form such working teams as may be necessary and to call on any agency of Government, including Government-owned or-controlled corporations, as well as local government units for any assistance that may be needed.

For immediate compliance.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

Manila, 16 June 1975

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