694.001/7–2051: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Philippines (Cowen) to the Secretary of State
300. In aide-mémoire recd today1 Embassy is officially informed that it is “a matter of regret to the Philippine Govt that the Philippines has not been included in the security pact recently announced between Australia, New Zealand and the US.” The aide-mémoire adds “the Philippine Govt recognizes the immediate threat to the security of the Philippines that a remilitarized Japan wld pose. It wld like, therefore, to urge on the US Govt the inclusion in the Japanese peace treaty of provisions establishing adequate safeguards against the resurgence of Japan as a military power such as those proposed in the memorandum of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Ambassador Dulles dated May 31, 19511 and in his letter dated June 15, 1951.”2
The foregoing is transmitted as further indication desirability concluding simple treaty of alliance with Philippines as recommended in Embtel 279, July 19.3