The World - News from July 19, 1985
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President Ferdinand E. Marcos--angered by U.S. and Philippine press reports that he, his wife and friends have amassed real estate wealth and stashed it abroad--called for a commission to study whether to renegotiate U.S. military base agreements. He charged that his government has been the target of a “big lie campaign” that has influenced the U.S. Congress, which recently voted to switch some requested military aid to economic assistance next year.
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