J jlL**-rol-s 404/1/40 ft :io. 112. 3U *1. british ekba3sy, uouwsm, d.c. January 29tht 1940 My Lord, ffitft reference to Mr, Consul- General Wyatt-omith'a despatch «o. 112 of the 23th October to Your Lordship and to connected correspondence regarding the prospects of Philippine independence beinR oompleted in 1946, I have the honour to inform Your Lordshin that, according to a Manile report oubllahed in the "ftffl York Times" of the 23rd ? January, President .;uezon, in a speech nt the opening of the 'National Assembly, declared himself "unalterably opposed to the prolonea- tion of tne present political set-up beyond 1946." 2. President (MM is reported to have outlined the minimum political requirements of Kilioinos - such as "full and complete power over immigration, imports, exoorts, currency and related financial subjeots and the right to oonclude commercial treotles without being subjected to the supervision or control of the 'Jnited states'* - and to have indicated bis opinion that in the present 3tnte of nubile opinion in America /these The Right Honourable The Viscount Halifax, X.G., etc., etc., etc. CB:ACEM:KIP z - these thing* could not he obtained except through complete independence, with all ita risks. despatch to His ;»