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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 26
TO
:
The Secretary
Department of National Defense
Quezon City
Pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and in my capacity as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and in order to prevent the escape from the country of persons who are known to be actively engaged in a criminal conspiracy to seize political and state power in the Philippines and to take over the Government by force and violence the extent of which has now assumed the proportion of an actual war against our people and their legitimate Government, you are hereby ordered to continue to require that prior clearance of your Department be secured by any citizen of the Philippines or foreign national who wish to depart for abroad, except those covered by the following categories:
1.
Members of the diplomatic corps and/or their
foreign staffs;
2. Foreigners
who came to the Philippines as
tourists;
3. Permanent
residents of foreign countries, whether
national of the Philippines or not, who are returning to their
respective countries of residence;
4. Immigrants
and their direct dependents;
5. Government
officials or employees being sent
abroad in the service of the Republic of the Philippines, as authorized
by the Office of the President;
6. Scholars of
the Philippine Government being sent
for schooling abroad under a foreign government grant;
7. Scholars
being sent abroad under the auspices of
international bodies like the UN and UN bodies, SEATO, ASEAN, ASPAC or
under the Colombo Plan and other like Exchange Programmes, fellowships,
traineeships or courses, as approved by the Special Committee on
Scholarships, National Economic Council;
8. Those whose
projected travel for abroad is in
acceptance of an invitation to attend international conferences such as
those of the UN and UN bodies, SEATO, ASEAN, ASPAC, and like
conferences under Agreements entered into by the Philippine Government;
9. Officials
and employees of international
organizations such as the ADB, ECAFE, ILO, USAID, WHO, IAEA, FAO,
UNESCO, WMO, GATT, ASEAN, SEATO and like organizations;
10. Bona fide
officers and crew members of
international air carriers or inter-ocean going vessels or of any
Philippine commercial watercraft or aircraft duly authorized to
undertake foreign travels at this time or as may hereafter be
authorized by the Philippine Government;
11. Filipino
citizens in active military service with
the United States Armed Forces and their direct dependents; and
12. Foreigners
who are treaty traders recognized by
international conventions/practices.
In all such exceptional cases, the proper government agencies shall nonetheless continue to insure that the usual requisites for foreign travels, such as NBI and BIR clearances and passports and the like are complied with.
It is the essence of these Instructions to spare those enumerated under the exceptional cases above from undue inconvenience, while at the same time limiting foreign travels to extremely necessary and/or that will entail minimal or no expense to the Philippine Government.
This Order shall remain effective for the duration of the present national emergency or until otherwise ordered by me or by my duly designated representative.
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.
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