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Dahil sa submarine warfare ng mga Amerikano, maraming ginto at mamahaling mga bato at hiyas ang nakasamang lumubog ng mga Hospital Ship na ito. Noong 1943, hindi na posibleng makalampas ang mga barkong ng Hapon sa mga main islands dahil sa pinairal na sea blockade maliban sa paggamit ng submarino.

Ang ginawa ni Prince Chichibu ay inilipat nya ang kanyang punong himpilan mula Singapore tungo sa Manila at inutusan ang lahat ng mga barkong nagdadala ng mga nakaw na yaman na dalhin lahat sa Pilipinas. Umaasa si Chichibu at ang kanyang genereal staff  na ang digmaan ay magwawakas sa isang negotiated settlement at naniniwala sya na makukumbinse ang Amerkano na maililipat  sa Hapon ang pangangalaga sa Pilipinas kapalit ng pagwawakas ng digmaan.

Mula 1942, pinangunahan ni Chichibu ang pagtatayo ng 175 imperial storage sites para itago ang mga kayaman hanggang sa pagwawakas ng digmaan. Ang mga aliping trabahador at mga POW’s na mga sundalo ang pinaghuhukay para gumawa ng mga tunnel at kweba at kasama silang ibinabaon ng kayamanan para manatiling sekreto ang lokasyon ng kayamanan. Ang bawat pinaglalagakan ng kayamanan ay nilalagyan ng booby traps, mga naka encoded na marka, at mga air vents at ang tipo ng booby trap na nakalagay dito, mga lasong kemikal at sand traps.

Sa Maynila, inilagak sa mga tunnel at dungeon ng Fort Santiago ang mga kayamanan, naglagak din sila sa mga cathedral, tulad ng Manila Cathedral, sa Fort Bonifacio, at mga lugar na alam ng mga Hapon na hindi bobombahin ng mga amerikano. Bago magwakas ang gyera sa Pilipinas, tumakas si Chichibu lulan ng isang submarino patungong Japan.

Sino si Severino Garcia Diaz?  Ano ang kanyang naging papel sa Japanese Loot?...To be continued..

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Santa Romana...

Si Severino Garcia Diaz ay kilala rin bilang si Santa Romana, or Santy. Sya ay isang Filipino-American na ipinanganak sa Luzon noong 1907. Kabilang sya sa komando at ahente ng intelligence sa grupo ni Heneral Willoughby na pinamumunuan ni McArthur. Bilang isang komando behind enemy lines, minsan nyang nakita ang pagdidiskarga ng mga maraming mga kahon mula sa isang barko ng  Hapon. Nakita rin nya na inilagay ang mga kahong ito sa isang tunnel at pinasabog ang bunganga ng tunnel matapos mailagay lahat ang mga kahon na lulan ng barko. Dahil sa nakita, naghinala sya na mga ginto ang laman ng mga inilagay sa tunnel. Noong matapos ang digmaan, pinangunahan ni Santy ang mga operasyon sa pagrerekober ng mga gintong itinago ng mga Hapon kasama si Capt. Edward Landsdale. Sila din ang nagtorture sa dating driver ni Heneral Yamashita para isiwalat ang mga lugar na pinupuntahan nila ng huli.

Marami sa atin ang kakaunti ang ideya sa laki ng kayamanang naipon ng Hapon sa Pilipinas. Ang systematic looting na tinatawag ay mahigit sa 50 years ang itinagal. Ang mga bansang matagal dumanas ng ganito ay ang China at Korea. Dito sa Pilipinas naimbak ang karamihang ginto, diamonds, platinum at mga paintings noong digmaaan dahil sa ating strategic location, naval blockade sa mga huling taon ng digmaan at sa pag-asang marerekober ito pagkatapos ng isang negotiated deal sa pagitan ng Amerika at Hapon. Ibinaon ang mga ito sa 172 piling lugar sa Pilipinas. Bukod pa dito ang mga ninakaw sa Burma, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam,  Pilipinas at mga teritoryong hawak ng France, Amerika, at Britain. Ang lahat ng nakaw na yaman na ito ay nakaimbentaryo sa panahon ni Prince Chichibu, at Takeda. Ngunit mas kilala sa ating karaniwang pinoy si Heneral Yamashita at ang kanyang tinawag na Yamashita Gold. Sya at ang kanyang Yamashita Gold ay tip pa lang ng iceberg ika nga. Ang totoo nyan ay si Yamashita at ang kanyang hoard ay maliit lang na parte sa Operation Kin NO Yuri.

Isang lugar sa Nueva Viscaya ang Bambang. Ito ang malimit puntahan ni Prince Takeda noon. Anong meron sa Bambang, Nueva Viscaya? Alamin natin sa susunod.  Dito sa Romblon, mayroong lugar sa Looc  na pag binanggit ko eh baka magkabutas-butas ang bundok na ito. Baka pati si Beltran ay magdala na ng Tomahawk missile at  pasabugin ang pobreng bundok. Mayroon din tayo sa Sibuyan na isang piling lugar.Kung paano napunta ang ilang parte nito sa ating lalawigan ay aalamin natin. Truth or Consequence, kayo na ang bahalang humusga.

[Achiever]

Interesting!

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It is interesting indeed but the risk is enormous during the retrieval operations.. I will prefer sunken vessels over the coast of Mindoro and Tablas strait instead. I remember sometime in 1990, I was working as a field engineer of Meralco, somewhere in Mindanao. A fellow engineer came up next morning with lesions and scabies (galis). Out of curiosity, I ask this fellow. At first he was adamant, but over a bottle of gin, he narrated how the hell he’s got those galis.

He told me he was approach by two of our local workers in that area. After some hesitation, he agreed to finance the digging of a supposedly a Japanese treasure. Those poor sods hit a gas canister, while breaking in into a cavern at the slope of a mountain. The released gases caused terrible itchiness, skin irritation and coughing and the dig was eventually abandoned.

Maraming tayong lokal na treasure hunters ay nagsasabing may mga mapa sila, may mga marka at mga palatandaan ng nakabaon ng kayamanan.  Ang hindi batid ng marami ay panligaw lang ang karamihan sa mga iyon, at ang ibang mapa kung totoo man, ay pabaligtad ang basa, na ang tanging layunin ay iligaw talaga ang mga future hunters. Ang  mga mapang ito ay nakasulat at nakaguhit sa Katanaka scriptures. 

Mind Boggling ang pag-locate ng treasure. Masasabi nating yan ay totoo  dahil ito ang sumasalamin sa kakayahan ng Kin No Yuri hierarchy para mai-preserve ang ibinaon nilang treasure hoards. Paalala sa mga lokal nating hunters sa ating lalawigan, ingat mga panyero sa mga booby traps. Ingat sa galis!

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****NAPOCOR***

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I’m sure marami ang medyo tataas ang kilay, tabi-tabi sa mga kaibigan natin ditong mga Kadena at Tibak, ika nga’y napag-uusapan lang.

Noong 1947, huminto si Santa Romana sa pagrerekober ng mga Japanese Loot, ang pangalawang sumunod sa kanya ay walang iba kundi si Ferdinand Marcos. Nakarekober si Marcos ng mahigit kumulang sa 14$ dolyar na halaga ng ginto, $6 bilyon mula sa lumubog na barkong Nachi sa Manila Bay, at $8 bilyong dolyar sa isang tunnel na kilala bilang “Teresa 2”, sa Rizal province. Maaalala na noong 2001, inakusahan ni former solicitor general Frank Chavez si Irene Marcos Araneta, bunsong anak ni Apo, na ito ay nagmimintina sa isang account na nagkakahalaga ng $13.2 bilyong dolyar sa Switzerland. Kaya ito nalaman dahil sa tinangka umano nitong ilipat (ni Irene) ang naturang account mula sa Union Bank of Switzerland patungong Deutsche Bank sa Dusseldorf. Tinatayang nakapagbukas si Apo ng may anim na treasure sites kasama dito ang dating AFP chief na si Fabian Ver. Ang mga gold bullions at gold certificates ni Marcos sa Switzerland ang dahilan kung bakit hanggang sa ngayon ay may ahensyang PCGG pa rin tayo.

 Ang isa sa susi ng matagumpay na treasure hunting ni Marcos ay  si Robert Curtis, isang Nevada chemist, metallurgist at isa ring mining engineer. Sya ang nagtunaw ng mga ginto at iniangat ito sa international na purity requirements upang maibenta sa internasyonal na merkado. Sya rin ay may kakayahang mai-decipher ang ilang mapa ng Hapon na  nasa pag-iingat ng isang dating valets ni Takeda, isang pinoy na taga Bambang. Si Curtis ang nakapag decipher ng “Teresa 2” treasure site. Ang isa ring ginamit ni Marcos maliban kay Curtiss ay si Ben Valmores, dating alila ni Takeda.

Si Marcos ang sinasabing unofficial na humalili kay Santa Romana bilang “guardian ng Kin No Yuri” matapos mamatay ang huli noong 1974. Si Marcos ay hinihinalang nakikipagtulungan sa mga Hapon at Amerikano sa pag rerekober ng mga treasure sites ng Kin No Yuri.

Si Marcos ay nakipag-alyansa rin sa isang kilalang war criminal at admirer ni Mussolini, si Ryoichi Sasakawa. Si Ryoichi ay kabilang sa ”inner circle of new power broker” sa Japan matapos ang digmaan. Ang natagpuang gold deposit sa Lubang island ay nailipat ni Marcos gamit ang Phil-Japanese Mutual Aid Association sa tulong ni Ryoichi Sasakawa.

Ngunit isa sa pinagtakhan ko, ito palang si Apo, ay naniniwala sa mga  clairvoyant. Katunayan, itong clairvoyant na ito raw ang nakapag-turo sa lokasyon ng barkong Nachi na lumubog sa Manila Bay lulan ang ilang toneladang ginto na bahagi ng Kin No Yuri. Hmmmm!...Strange!

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Noong matalo ang Hapon sa Battle of Midway, ang emperor ay matalinong nahulaan ang kanilang magiging pagkatalo sa pagpapatuloy ng digmaan. Ngunit sa kabila nito,  pinaniniwalaan din na ang Pilipinas ay matagumpay na  maidedepensa ng Japan at magagamit bilang isang consession  sa negosasyon ng digmaan, at magagamit ang napakalaking nakatagong kayamanan dito upang ibangon muli ang kanilang emperyo.

Isa sa kanilang pinakaaasahan ay ang mga itinago nilang mga nakaw na kayamanan sa parteng Luzon, at bago matapos ang digmaan, marami sa mga ibinaon na mga  ito ay muling hinukay at inilipat  ng ibang lugar dahil sa bumabagsak ang kanilang depensa, at dumating sa puntong lisanin  ng sapilitan ang  Luzon.  Ikinarga nila ang mga kayamanang ito sa mga barko patungong  dulong timog ng mindanao. Tatlong major ports sa Mindanao, lalo na ang Zamboanga, General Santos City at Davao ang naging distinasyon ng mga barkong ito, at ang mga kayamanang ito ay ibinaon sa mga inihandang mga tunnel at cavern sa mga bundok. Dahil sa lumalakas na opensiba ng pwersang pandagat ng amerikano, nagiging mapanganib na sa mga barkong Hapon ang maglayag kaya marami pa rin ang naiwan sa parteng Luzon at hindi na nagawang mailipat sa mga lokasyon sa Mindanao. Kung mapapansin natin sa talaan ng mga shipwrecks, marami ang lumubog sa dakong silangan ng Mindoro at Lubang. Marami rin sa parteng Coron ang sa ngayon ay nagiging tourist spots sa mga foreign at lokal na divers.

Ang isang tanong ay kung paano napunta sa Romblon ang ibang parte nito. Mapapansin na ang Tablas Strait ay daanan o ruta ng mga barko patungong timog. Ang ilan sa mga huling byahe ng mga barkong ito ay umiwas at napilitang i-divert ang kanilang kargamento sa Romblon, partikular sa Looc upang maiwasan ang pwersang Amerikano na noon ay unti-unti ng nakokontrol ang mga karagatan. Lumubog ang isang barkong ito sa karagatan ng Tablas at ang dalawa sa  huling convoy ang syang tumuloy sa Looc. Nasa kamay pa ng  Hapon ang Romblon kaya madaling naidiskarga dito ang mga kargo nito at ibinaon sa ilang piling lugar dito. Ngunit ang nasa Sibuyan ang itinuturing na pinakamalaki na idiniskarga ng isang Japanese hospital ship.

Personal kong dinalaw ang ilan sa pinaniniwalaang lugar na ito sa Looc, sometime in 2004,  ngunit kahit anong palatandaan ay wala akong makitang bakas or tell tale sign. Subalit may isang bakas na di ko malilimutan sa mga lugar na iyon. Iyon ay ang bakas ng kahirapan sa mga mukha ng mga tao doon.
 
Marami ang may kanya-kanyang bersyon, at hindi ako nagtataka kung bakit maraming butas ang ilang parte sa mga kabundukan sa paghahanap ng ibinaon ng Hapon. Marami na rin ang nabigo, ang iba ay gumagamit pa ng kung anu-anong ritwal at dasal, pero sa bandang huli ay bigo pa rin. Meron dyan na mga foriegner pa ang financiers, yung iba naman, nanggogoyo na lang. Sa ilang lugar sa Luzon, bebentahan ka ng fake na bara ng ginto or makikipagtagpo sa iyo sa ilang na lugar, at may plano na palang kidnapin ka.  Para sa akin, hindi na natin kelangang lumayo pa. Looc  is sitting on a pot of gold.

Ang Kin No Yuri ay isang masalimuot na conspiracy at involve dito ang imperial family,  mga extremist na makakanan, at ang Yakuza na kinabibilangan ni General Kodama, na nanguna sa exploitation ng China. Ang kalimitang naging target ng operasyong ito ay mga  museums, treasuries, banks, churches, temples, monasteries, shrines, mining operations, malalaking korporasyon, at mga mamayamang mga pamilya.

Kung ihahambing  natin ang 50 years na exploitation and looting ng Kin No Yuri sa ating mga karatig bansa ay baka isipin nating tinga lang ang reserbang ginto ng US  sa Fort Knox. Diumano ay understated ang 140,00 toneladang ginto na ideneklara ng Kin No Yuri. Ano ang relasyon ng Kin No Yuri ng Japan at ng Bormann treasure ng Germany? Paano nainvolve dito ang Vatican? Sino ang mga  Bonesmen, at ano ang papel dito ng mga Rockyfeller? Untill next.

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I know that blood is thicker than water. Being a military man yourself, I won't be surprised if you have a profound sympathy to these old guards. I share your military sympathy of seeing that these officers are free at last. I am only skeptical whether or not they really deserve to be free despite the fact that they have participated, directly or indirectly, in overthrowing a lawful and duly constituted government. I do not think following an illegal order is a defense for justifying a military intervention I am not familiar with what is going on in the military. I only noticed that the word" military generosity" is the common word that the government is using in disciplining the military  personnel who have been charged in court of law or court martial. No wonder, the military has now become the fourth branch of the government. Other than preserving peace and order, they are now actively involved in the political process directly or indirectly. They allow themselves to be abused by whoever is in power because of personal interest-promotion. No wonder, the government suffers a destabilizing disease because of the military's intervention. I wish the military recognizes its role in a democratic society in that they should and must at all times stay behind the scene no matter who is in power. After all this is what the Constitution mandates the military officers to do.

I do think choosing a lesser evil for the sake of exercising the right to vote is not okay. You have to remember Alice was not chosen in a convention. You know that these candidate just chose among themselves what position to run. If Alice is evil too, there is no stopping that she will remain an evil once she gets elected.



Achiever,

I chose this thread so as not to spoil the thread on the other. This are the words of Captain Danilo Lim way back in 1990, right after the 1989 bloody uprising. It echoes the sentiments of all of us in the reform movement, so permit me to post the good General's interview. I don't mind what Bayani and Noli Fabic nor a Gabuna will think of this post, they were on the other side of the fence anyway.

May this post helps you understand the sorry state of our Armed Forces.

QUESTION:    The fact that you are a Western-trained officer has prompted not a few people to ask why you had to sacrifice a promising career for a coup attempt. Why did you join the last mutiny?

CAPT. DANILO D. LIM:   Purely out of idealism and a sincere desire to see a better lot for our country and people, I actively joined the November 30 movement. I firmly believe in the urgency, relevance, validity and righteousness of the cause of reform and good government which the movement sought and is seeking to achieve. It is true that with my background and past accomplishments, even with mediocre performances for the rest of my military life, my rise up the ladder may not be too precipitous.

A promising career for me, however, means nothing if the very institutions upon which such career rests is riddled with so much graft and corruption, personal interests and aggrandizement, incompetence, and vindictiveness and have become willing tools of oppression and exploitation instead of being instruments of our people’s liberation from existing societal ills.

I cannot in conscience let this maladministration improve my standing and enjoy all the benefits it could provide while our people suffer in contrast. My heart bleeds at the sight of every malnourished waif, of every Madonna (in tattered garments) and child in arm, hands stretched out for alms. I cry everytime I see the ubiquitous and stark faces of poverty, injustice and misery being experienced by so many even as the few who wallow in luxury hunger for more. I have already come to a point where my personal career is already dependent on and subordinate to the collective career of our people and the national career of our nation.

The ideals of nationalism, reform and good government vis-a-vis the actual conditions prevalent in our country to which I have long been exposed in the country sides compel me and my comrades to undertake the November 30 movement. My western training has little to do with my joining in the struggle except perhaps for my learning the historical experiences and lessons of western countries that have achieved their present status through the struggles and sacrifices of their heroes and leaders for the sake of nationalism, reform and good government.

Q: What drove you to the rebellious faction in the AFP? Were you just casually recruited or did you - like most - undergo a long process of politicization? Could you trace the root of your involvement in the cause?

CAPT. DANILO D. LIM:   The Filipino soldier has always been criticized as one who does not have full clarity and understanding of what he is fighting for, though he fully knows what he is fighting against and whom he is fighting. We have always been asked questions on this regard. If the communist rebels have a cause and an ideology that build their commitment to struggle unselfishly and with utmost dedication; then, on the other hand, to what cause and ideology is the Filipino soldier dedicated to? And why are Filipinos fighting and killing one another?

Frankly, this criticism and questions are evident in the present insurgency war the AFP is waging against the communist rebels and they are very valid. These criticism and questions mostly forces the Filipino soldier to examine himself and his surroundings and reflect on his struggle. The very question of why we haven’t overcome the problem of communism since the 1930’s, since the 1960’s, for instance, has compelled us into examining the root causes of communism and the conditions favorable to its growth and development. Sadly, the end result of such examination directly indicts the status quo, the government, and the very institutions that we are in. So what must we do about it?

As Filipino citizens and as Filipino soldiers, we then realized that if we have somehow contributed to the maladministration, then the only honorable thing to do as a sincere gesture of remorse and restitution is a thorough change of the heart and mind which must be concretely translated into action by becoming an active part of the solution to the problem.

My politicization and my joining the nationalist movement in the AFP are natural consequences of my long exposure to the country sides and endless discussions with my fellow soldiers and with the people. More importantly, it is a product of profound self-examinations I have undergone after having literally spilled blood fighting the “enemies” of our country and people. Recruitment, therefore, in a case such as mine, only becomes the finishing touches to an already constructed house. Even in the absence of the involved group to enlist me, inevitably soon, I and other genuinely concerned individuals surely would have organized such group, do the recruitment, then lead the movement ourselves. Why to the rebellions faction of the military organization? Because it is the only organization within the military establishment which is openly, consistently and sincerely advocating and fighting for nationalism, reform and good government!

Q: Why did you join only last December (1989), and not in earlier coup attempts against the government?

CAPT. DANILO D.  LIM: I have always hoped that the incumbent national leadership would rose from slumber, reform itself and become more sensitive to the demands, grief and sufferings of our people in order to adequately address them. Prior to the November 30 movement, I came to realize the futility of any other softer approaches less than a military exercise. While at first, I believed that the cause of nationalism, reform and good government could be achieved through the usual channels and processes, events prior to November 30, 1989 have proven otherwise.  It is only through a military exercise, the only language they could understand, that the regime could be jolted from its enjoyment and be forced to face reality.

The ideals and cause of nationalism, reform and good government could not be delivered to us in a silver platter. These must be actively fought for.  If the present regime refuse to heed the Filipino people’s cries, then the Filipino people, with their soldiers must do something to compel it to act accordingly.

Q:  How do you regard traditional politicians? And how do you view the involvement of Marcos loyalists in last December’s operation?

CAPT. DANILO D. LIM:  Traditional politicians, to a large extent, constitute one of the factors why the country finds itself in this present state of mess. They are products of our political culture and our present political systems. While I abhor traditional politics, the politics of personalism, individualism, patronage and opportunism, still, my comrades and I do not abhor traditional politicians. No one has a monopoly of that rectitude of conduct, nationalism, reform and good government and all have the capacity for reforms. I believe even our traditional politicians are still capable of embracing nationalist revolutionary politics. For the moment, this is how we regard them. In the future, it depends on their actual reformation and internalization of Filipinism as the essence of Philippine Politics. Their relevance to our struggle and to the Philippine society depends on this.

The “Marcos loyalist” angle of the November 30 movement is the handiwork of the regime’s propagandists who are at a loss for valid and sound reasons to explain the magnitude of soldiers’ participation in the exercise. The soldiers who joined the November 30 movement were motivated by the cause and ideals of nationalism, reform and good government and not by any personal loyalties, interest or mercenary motives. The “Marcos Loyalist” syndrome died and got buried with the former president. It’s funny, it was and it is still being resurrected and given substance by the present regime itself which creates its own spectre.

Q: Foremost in the public mind today is the fact that all the past six coup attempts against this government have failed. What drives the soldiers to mount coups which never succeed?

CAPT. DANILO D. LIM:   As long as the ideals of nationalism, reform and good government, of national and social liberation, of genuine freedom, democracy, justice, progress and peace are not won and enjoyed by the Filipino people, then nothing can stop the soldiers and people in their struggle to achieve these ends.

In essence, there have been no failed coups. Every attempt has been a dress rehearsal, a lesson and an experience for another. Each attempt is also a progression and an improvement of the other. There is now in the process of development a design where a simple coup becomes a revolution; where a simple defensive act becomes a mass uprising. We do not join an exercise with the intention to fail but with a determination to drive our point and eventually win. Today, we now realize the necessity of a revolution and mass support of the CCR/PU.

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The November 30 movement envisions the establishment of a National Governing Council (NGC) which will essentially be a collective, multisectoral, and transitional kind of government which would steer the country in the proper direction, put the house in order and place the foundations of reforms and good government in solid grounds. Then some few months after everything has been well-anchored, the NGC will conduct the freest, most honest, genuinely impartial and democratic elections for would-be leaders of this nation.

As a professional soldier, I firmly support the idea that the Armed Forces is the guardian of reform, good government, and democracy; sometimes it becomes a catalyst or trailblazer as the situation warrants. In as much as the November 30 movement envisioned noble objectives, then I view that military exercise as a concrete manifestation of this idea. 

Q: Why did you “return to barracks?” What were the agreements reached with Brig. Gen. Enrile during the talks? Why did you not choose to escape instead, like Maj. Purugganan, or was it beyond you to decide?

CAPT. DANILO D. LIM: We marched back to barracks because we have already proven our point; we have driven the message. The Makati incident is a manifestation of our strong determination to the cause of nationalism, reform, and good government and our belief in achieving this through ways without bloodshed if possible. We left Makati because the regime and its mercenary generals were determined to recapture it at all cost regardless of anything. They were determined to risk the annihilation of their very own soldiers and kill civilians who were caught in the crossfire. They even fired indiscriminately at journalists, Red Cross volunteers and tourists we have begun evacuating. They were determined to destroy all those buildings and infrastructures.

Though we were determined on our part to put up a good fight to the last drop of our blood, we refused, however, to unnecessarily sacrifice civilian lives who may be caught in the crossfire. We did not want to see the infrastructures blown to pieces and levelled to the ground in the course of the hostilities, and the eventual collapse of our economy and the financial district.

We also could not stomach shooting at our fellow comrades-in-uniform who were there only because they have been cowed by their mercenary superiors. Those soldiers were not our real enemies. They were used as pawns and shields of those who must pay for all these maladministration in our society.

Considering our strong defensive positions, the choke points we had under control and the vantage positions occupied by our sharpshooters we could have easily inflicted a lot more casualties and caused extensive damages have we wanted to, look at the kinds of gunshot wounds suffered by their casualties during the Makati fighting and you’ll see that they were all wounds on the legs and extremities, nothing fatal. The shots were deliberately aimed and fired not to kill but only to disable.

In order to avoid unnecessary bloodshed and destruction, we have decided to return to barracks and take all the responsibilities due our actions.

To facilitate the execution of this decision, we have accepted the offer of Brig. Gen. Enrile to help in the implementation. We have agreed that soldiers who have participated in the Makati incident would return to their barracks and be confined there until such time as proper changes would be filed against them. It was a gentlemen’s agreement. But unfortunately, it was breached and disregarded by the mercenary authorities. Immediately, the officers were separately detained without any formal charges including the soldiers. If these so called national military leaders could not honor the agreement they have entered into with their very own soldiers, how much more will they remain faithful to their duties and responsibilities to the Filipino people?

Escape was never in my mind because I had responsibilities to my comrade-soldiers. I had to be with them at all cost. Maj. Abraham Purugganan had no choice except to escape because of compelling reasons that would even cost his life. He could not join his comrade-soldiers even though he really wanted to. Moreover, there has to be someone out there to continue the struggle in a different front and to ensure also our ranks and our welfare.

The struggle must go on. Maj. Purugganan has to continue it by eluding arrest. We have to continue the struggle by returning to barracks. Even now, the detention center is one venue wherein which to heighten the struggle.

Q: The YOU has emerged as a nationalist group of junior officers which claims to be different from the RAM. As a junior officer yourself, are you able to identify yourself with this group? What do you think of their espousal of their so called “Nationalist Revolution?”

CAPT. DANILO D. LIM: I am with the Young Officers Union (YOU). Its emergence is an answer to the call of the prevailing situation. It is somewhat different from the RAM as YOU’s ranks are composed of junior officers and young soldiers mostly 35 years and below.

YOU emphasizes a comprehensive approach to tackle the general problems of Philippine society and its clarity on ideological, political and organizational lines of work would perhaps delineate it from the RAM. Though both have the same visions of reform and good government, there are, however, some parameters that demarcate the lines between the two organizations.

They are our Kuyas and we are their younger brothers and as all brothers we have different views, ways and means, and ideas in the same manner that we share the same vision and direction. RAM has emerged as conditions warranted then; YOU now emerges as compelled by the current conditions. We can liken their birth to the emergence of the LA LIGA FILIPINA and the KATIPUNAN. While different problems need different solutions, all problems need all the necessary solutions.

Of course, it is only through a Nationalist Revolution that the Filipino people can truly achieve national and social liberation. It is the only means to end our people’s eco-socio-political bondage.

Q: They have chided the RAM for the “political interest” that marked the December coup as well as past “misadventures.” They said they have abandoned conventional coups as tactic. Have you undergone the same assessment of the whole situation?

CAPT. DANILO D. LIM: Every organization has its own weaknesses and mistakes. As brother organizations it is the responsibility of one to criticize the errors and mistakes of the other. More importantly, we can learn from them especially so that they have been there long before we were born. Mistakes and weaknesses won’t be repeated if errors are rectified so they are avoided in the future. “Kung nauntog ka sa una, yuyuko ka na.