Cold War in Asia: US decisions on the Philippines
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- Created on: 30-03-20 17:45
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- US DECISIONS ON THE PHILIPPINES:
- DECISIONS
- POLITICAL
- 1946 elections, rigged by US, Roxas gained 54% of the vote (small majority)
- Traditional Filipino elite still had power, caused corruption and injustice
- Due to the Bell Trade Act, Roxas lost his majority and had to deprive the opposition of 11 seats, led to the HUK REBELLION
- SOCIAL
- HUK REBELLION, 1946 - 1949, due to Roxas depriving seats, unfair redistribution of land, benefitted the wealthy and not the poor
- Peasant based rebellion, 5000 gourillas in centeral Luzon by 1948
- Roxas given $7.2 million to fight the Huk's
- Troops, aircraft, artillery killed many civilians
- HUK REBELLION, 1946 - 1949, due to Roxas depriving seats, unfair redistribution of land, benefitted the wealthy and not the poor
- ECONOMIC
- Bell Trade Act, 1946 stated:
- Filipino's could only buy Us goods
- Philippines could not sell products that would compete with US ones
- US/Philippines had joint ownership of natural resources EG forests and mines
- Bell Trade Act, 1946 stated:
- MILITARY
- Filipino concession, March 1947: US obtained 99 year leases on 22 military bases in the Philippines
- POLITICAL
- SUCCESS OR FAILURE
- FAILURES
- SOCIAL
- HUK rebellion emphasised the hatred of the US way of life
- US had to use resources removing the threat of the Huk's
- POLITICAL
- US advisors told McArthur that he had bought back 'puppet politicians'
- US policy looked 'irrational' and 'cynical'
- ECONOMIC
- Economy was restricted by US dominance
- Capitalism looked restrictive
- SOCIAL
- SUCCESSES
- SOCIAL
- US easily defeated the Huk rebellion, they only reached Luzon
- MILITARY
- US had a huge military presence in the Philippines and therefore a huge threat to communist powers was established in Asia
- SOCIAL
- FAILURES
- DECISIONS
- FAILURES
- SOCIAL
- HUK rebellion emphasised the hatred of the US way of life
- US had to use resources removing the threat of the Huk's
- POLITICAL
- US advisors told McArthur that he had bought back 'puppet politicians'
- US policy looked 'irrational' and 'cynical'
- ECONOMIC
- Economy was restricted by US dominance
- Capitalism looked restrictive
- SOCIAL
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