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September 1, 1986

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a reporter at large

II-FROM MARCOS TO AQUINO

Robert Shaplen

REPORTER AT LARGE about recent events in the Philippines. In Feb. there was a fraudulent presidential election, which Pres. Marcos claimed to have won. …