Cold War in Asia: US decisions on the Philippines

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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
      • 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
      • MILITARY
        • Filipino concession, March 1947:       US obtained 99 year leases on 22 military bases in the Philippines
    • 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
      • 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
  • 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

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