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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 719, November 17, 1960 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 25 TO 30, 1960, AS HISTORY WEEK AND DESIGNATING THE PHILIPPINE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREBY

WHEREAS, an International Conference of Historians of Southeast Asia under the sponsorship of the Philippine Historical Association will be held in Manila from November 25 to 30, 1960;

WHEREAS, it is necessary that such an important event be brought to the attention of the people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from November 25 to 30, 1960, as History Week and designate the Philippine Historical Association to take charge of its observance.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

NATALIO P. CASTILLO
Executive Secretary

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