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US Bases in the Philippines were established after the conclusion of World War II and the recognition of Philippine independence by the US. This article summarizes the collective history of those bases. See detail articles linked below for more further information on individual bases and other relevant subtopics.

History

Establishment

• On June 29, 1944, with WW-II still underway in both the European and Pacific theatres, a Joint Resolution of the U.S. Congress authorized the President of the United States to acquire bases for the mutual protection of the Philippines/
• On July 28, 1945, the Congress of the Philippines approved Joint Resolution No. 4, which authorized the President of the Philippines to enter into negotiations for the establishment of such bases. At that time, the Philippine islands were still occupied by Japan and the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines was seated in the U.S., in exile.
• On October 20, 1944, the Commonwealth government returned to the Philippines as President Sergio Osmeña returned to the Philippines with the U.S. Sixth Army as the U.S. Philippines campaign to liberate the Philippines began.
• On March 26, 1947, an agreement between the Philippines and the U.S. concerning military bases entered ito force. That agreement was to remain in force for 99 years and granted the right to retain the use of the the following bases, with some restrictions:

• Clark Field Air Base, Pampanga;
• Fort Stotsenberg, Pampanga;
• Mariveles Military Reservation, POL Terminal and Training Area, Bataan
• Camp John Hay Leave and Recreation Center, Baguio;
• An Army Communication System with the deletion of all stations in the Port of Manila Area.
• United States Armed Forces Cemetery No. 2, San Francisco del Monte, Rizal.
• Leyte-Samar Naval Base including shore installations and air bases;
• Subic Bay, Northwest Shore Naval Base, Zambales Province, and the existing Naval reservation at Olongapo and the existing Baguio Naval Reservation;
• Tawi Tawi Naval Anchorage and small adjacent land areas;
• Cañacao-Sangley Point Navy Base, Cavite Province.
• Bagobantay Transmitter Area, Quezon City, and associated radio receiving and control sites, Manila Area;
• Tarumpitao Point (Loran Master Transmitter Station), Palawan;
• Talampulan Island, Coast Guard No. 354 (Loran), Palawan;
• Naule Point (Loran Station), Zambales;
• Castillejos, Coast Guard No, 356, Zambales.

That agreement also specified that the Philippine government would permit the U.S/, upon notice, to use such of the following bases as the U.S. determined that to be required by military necessity:

• Mactan Island Army and Navy Air Base;
• Florida Blanca Air Base, Pampanga;
• Aircraft Service Warning Net;
• Camp Wallace, San Fernando, La Union;
• Puerto Princesa Army and Navy Air Base, including Navy Section Base and Ai;
• Warning Sites, Palawan;
• Tawi Tawi Naval Base, Sulu Archipelago;
• Aparri Naval Air Base.

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Closure

A Marine color guard stands at attention during the deactivation ceremony for Naval station, Subic Bay.

From 1988 to 1992, the US Government and Philippine government tried to renegotiate the terms of an extension of the military bases at Subic and Clark. This referred to the Military Bases Agreement of 1947, which was due to expire. Intense negotiations between the governments of the United States and the Philippines began. These negotiations resulted in the Treaty of Friendship, Peace and Cooperation between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines. This would have extended the lease of the American bases in the Philippines. However, a bone of contention remained the amount of money that the US Government would pay to the Philippine government for the lease and use of the bases. In July 1991, the U.S. and Philippine negotiators agreed to a new treaty regarding the lease of the Subic Bay Naval Base, Clark, and several other U.S. military installations in the Philippines. The Philippine Senate rejected this extension of the Military Bases Agreement on 16 September 1991. On 26 November 1991, the U.S. government formally turned Clark over to the Philippine government, which transformed the airfield into Clark International Airport. The Subic Bay Naval base was deactivated in 1992. These were the two largest U.S. military bases in the Philippines at the time. The other US bases were deactivated in this same time period, and the U.S. military presence in the Philippines came to an end.

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See also

• Naval Air Station Cubi Point

Further reading

• Ryan, Richard; Villegas, C. (2022). "The Advent, Evolution Termination of the 1947 Military Bases Agreement and Its Influences to Philippine Military Foreign Policy" (PDF). The Research Probe. 2 (1). doi:10.53378/352882.

External links

• Emmet O'Neal (December 18, 1947). "EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RELATING TO THE TRANSFER BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES OF THE MARIVELES QUARANTINE RESERVATION (STATION)".