611.9631/5–2147
The Chargé in the Philippines (Davis) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith20 a copy of the note of May 16, 1947 addressed to the Embassy by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, and its enclosure, Resolution of Both Houses in Joint Session, Second Session, First Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, adopted April 9, 1947. The note officially informs the Government of the United States that the Filipino people, at an election held on March 11, 1947, approved the amendment of the Constitution of the Philippines in accordance with the terms of Article VII of the “Agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines concerning trade and [Page 1113] related matters during a transitional period following the institution of Philippine Independence” signed on July 4, 1946.21
The Embassy, in telegram No. 801, May 20, 1947, copy attached, notified the Department of the receipt of the above note on May 17, 1947 and requested the Department’s instructions regarding further promulgation of the constitutional amendment.
A copy of the Resolution of Both Houses, First Session, First Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, adopted September 18, 1946, proposing the amendment of the Constitution of the Philippines, is also enclosed.
Respectfully yours,
- Enclosures not printed.↩
- Despatch 1109, August 20, from Manila reported that in a substitute note a sentence was added as follows: “The constitutional amendment became effective on April 9, 1947, the date when the Congress of the Philippines certified that the same had been approved by the Filipino people.” (611.9631/8–2047)↩