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Aquino orders release ^
of 33 political prisoners
Associated Press
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Starting Monday,
February 24
MANILA, Philippines — Presi
dent Corazon Aquino ordered the
immediate release Thursday of 33
political prisoners, and her govern
ment announced the cases of an
other 400 people were being stud
ied.
Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, the new mil
itary chief, announced the releases
after an early morning Mass.
Human rights groups have esti
mated about 500 people were held
under the Presidential Detention
Act adopted during the 20-year rule
of Ferdinand E. Marcos.
The government-run broadcast
station said Wednesday a military
task force would meet during the
night to prepare a list of the prison
ers and said the new administration
was hoping for the release of about
50 percent of them.
Aquino said earlier Wednesday
she would seek a cease-fire with
communist guerrillas but not the ex
tradition of Marcos, who was driven
into'exile by her “people power” re
volt.
Salvador H. Laurel, the new vice
president, had announced plans for
a general political amnesty and said
the insurgents are not truly commu
nists, but people Marcos forced into
fighting. There has been little guer
rilla activity since the election, which
they boycotted.
Aquino, who blames Marcos for
the assassination of her husband,
Benigno, in 1983, told a news con
ference: “I have said I can be mag
nanimous in victory. I would like to
show by example that the sooner w’e
can forget our hurt, then the easier
it will be for our country to start re
building from the ruins left us.”
Aquino met with 11 members of
the Marcos government Wednesday,
including Prime Minister Cesar Vi
rata, ana asked them to stay on until
her appointees receive National As
sembly approval. She also included
some Marcos men in her new gov
ernment.
how to resolve the assassination
her husband, while another spe.
commission will study constitutios
ref orm, she said.
Aquino, 53, said a new Commis
sion on Good Government would in
vestigate alleged illegal transfers of
wealth from the country by Marcos
and his associates.
The commission also will study
Taurel, interviewed
announced plans for “a general
nesty to all political offenders.
On ABC’s “Good MorningAne- >
ica,” he said of the guerrillas:“Gii
a 11 edible government, a demon;
moral order and a general aim
90 percent of the people who
now fighting in (he hills will
dow n their arms and come home
“ They are not communists,T1
are only people who were drivet
fighting in the frills because of
unwanted regime of Mr. Marcos
I he president told the newst
ference she would seek a cease
with the guerrillas, known as
New People’s Army, and hadW
told two of their commanders mi
surrender to her.
Laurel said Filipinos consider
l nited States their closest friend.
He added, “We would like a pcs I
live commitment from PresiA
Reagan that he will help theH
ippines during this difficult time
NASA official denies
knowledge of protests
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A key NASA
official testified Wednesday he did
not know' Morton Thiokol engineers
remained opposed to launching
space shuttle Challenger even after
their company gave its approval. He
said he would have canceled the ill-
fated liftoff if he had known.
George Hardy, deputy director of
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Cen
ter, said, “I believe that to suggest
that flight safety was disregarded or
not properly regarded on the night
of Jan. 27, in my opinion, does a dis
service to dedicated and committed
professionals.”
Kilminster ultimately decided to sign
a memo to NASA approving tne
I he testimony received by Presi
dent Reagan’s shuttle investigating
commission clashed sharply with
that of the day before when Morton
Thiokol engineers complained their
opposition to launch was overruled
by their company under pressure
from the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
There was testimony Morton
Thiokol first opposed the launch,
fearing seals on the solid-fuel
booster rockets would not work after
a night of sub-freezing weather. But
the company reversed itself after a
10:30 p.m. caucus, despite the pro
tests of its engineers.
During the caucus, Thiokol man
agers met without their engineers
present and Vice President Joe C.
launch.
Hardy and Lawrence B. Mulloy,
NASA’s booster rocket manager,
strongly denied they tried to force
Morton Thiokol to give its approval
for launch under risky conditions.
When Mulloy was asked by Rog
ers whether he would have changed
his mind if he had known of the
continuing opposition by Thiokol
engineers, he replied he would have
asked Kilminster howr he could rec
ommend launch, and would have
raised the same question with
Hardy.
Seven Morton Thiokol employees
told the commission on Tuesday
they felt pressure from Hardy and
Mulloy at NASA but disagreed over
whether it was normal questioning
or if it reversed the space agency’s
traditional safety philosophy.
Hardy testified, “Since the issue
was First raised, I have wracked my
brain to determine whether there
was any conceivable motivation that
would have made any contractor
representative to feel he was under
pressure from anything I said.”
He said there was none, only the
customary evaluation of engineering
data.
Mulloy said, “I probe the basis for
any recommendation to be sure it
has a logical basis. Some might call
this pressure, but I don’t.”
U.S. officials
predict rise
in aid to
Philippines
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Em
aged bv Corazon Aquino’sicti®
during her first 24 hours as pies-
dent of the Philippines, congres
sional and administration officii
Wednesday predicted increased
American aid to help her star
up the sagging economv and
fight a communist-backed ii»
gency.
Aquino f aces enormous pro)
lems, but she appears to te
taken office Tuesday with fa
turmoil and violence than (head
ministration thought possible.
The relative ease of the trail
sition, particularly the quid
switch in allegiance of the raid 1
tary, will be advantageous in
helping combat the communis
insurgency, both Pentagon and
Slate Department officials said.
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The administration want!
Aquino to determine aid need!
before any is offered. Butthereis
no doubt she will get significantli
more than Ferdinand Marcos
would have received hadhetnan-
aged to hang on as president.
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