Editorial Note
On August 30, 1951, in Washington, with Presidents Quirino and and Truman in attendance, representatives of the United States and the Philippines concluded the Mutual Defense Treaty between the two countries. Messrs. Acheson and Dulles, and Senators Tom Connally of Texas (Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) and Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin (also of the Foreign Relations Committee) signed the Treaty for the United States. The Philippine signers were Secretary Romulo, Joaquin M. Elizalde (Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States), Senator Vicente Francisco (Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee), and Congressman Diosdado Macapagal (Chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee).
For text of the Treaty, see 3 UST. (pt. 3) 3947. Statements made at the signing ceremony by the two Presidents and by Secretaries Acheson and Romulo are printed in the Department of State Bulletin, September 10, 1951, page 422.
President Truman ratified the Treaty for the United States on April 15, 1952, after the United States Senate had given its advice and consent to ratification on March 30. The Philippine Government ratified the Treaty on August 27, 1952 and it entered into force with the exchange of ratifications that same day.