Proclamation of Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands

Title

Proclamation of Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands

Description

A proclamation letter written by General Douglas MacArthur to the Filipino people during World War II. The proclamation was probably airdropped to the Filipino people soon after General MacArthur's return to the Philippine Islands in October, 1944. The proclamation declares that the government set-up during the Allied Forces absence is null and void. The only government that will be recognized is the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands, under the supreme authority of the Government of the United States. This is one item from a scrapbook of propaganda leaflets and related materials that was compiled by the Psychological Warfare Branch of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. The scrapbook belonged to Colonel Karl F. Baldwin of the United States Army, who helped establish the propaganda program. It contains approximately 200 pieces of propaganda, mostly in Japanese, that were intended for distribution in the Philippines, Japan, and other nearby areas.

Creator

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

Date

1944

Is Part Of

Psychological Warfare Branch Scrapbook of American Propaganda Leaflets (MS.70)

Language

English

Identifier

PUA_MS70_007

Subject

Leaflets dropped from aircraft

World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Sources

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Spatial Coverage

Philippines

Type

Still Image