Title: Situation in the Philippines and Implications for U.S. Policy: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session (September 18, 19
Series: S. HRG. 98-1063
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington D.C.
Format: Softcover / Official Congressional Hearing Print
Publication Year: 1984
Up for sale is a scarce and politically significant original U.S. Government Printing Office publication: "Situation in the Philippines and Implications for U.S. Policy", documenting the critical Senate subcommittee hearing held on September 18, 1984.
This historic legislative document captures the United States' intense real-time foreign policy pivot during a flashpoint in Southeast Asian history. Held just one year after the systemic shock of the Benigno Aquino Jr. assassination, this session features crucial testimonies, intelligence assessments, and policy debates surrounding the rapid decline of the Ferdinand Marcos regime, growing civil unrest, economic instability, and the rising threat of regional communist insurgencies (CPP/NPA). The discussions here directly impacted the security of vital American strategic assets, including Clark Air Base and Subic Bay.
Because official committee prints were printed in limited numbers exclusively for government, diplomatic, and legislative use, original copies are highly sought after by historians and political science collectors.
This exceptional copy comes directly from the personal library of Carl W. Ford, Jr., one of the United States' premier Cold War intelligence officials and East Asian specialists. His distinguished career in public service and national security includes serving as:
Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (INR) under Secretary of State Colin Powell (2001–2003).
China Strategic Intelligence Officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Senior China Military Analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the CIA and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and the Pacific.
Note on Provenance Verification: A cropped copy of the original estate sale flyer (Vintage Vibes Flyer Honorable Carl W. Ford.jpg) has been included in the photo gallery as visual verification of this book's origin from the Ford estate.
This volume is part of a premier, 100-book collection acquired directly from the private reference library of the Honorable Carl W. Ford, Jr. over the July 4th, 2026 weekend. His lifetime collection features an extraordinary depth of Asian history books, rare publications, political documents, and cultural memorabilia spanning decades of international service.
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