The World - News from July 13, 1987

Deposed President Ferdinand E. Marcos says his tape-recorded plans to buy arms and equip an army of 10,000 soldiers to invade the Philippines were misunderstood. In a written statement released from his exile home in Hawaii, Marcos said that the proposed military action was contingent on a Communist takeover of his country and that “the only hope of restoring freedom and democracy there would be a U.S.-approved invasion, which I would lead.” Meanwhile, in Manila, about 3,000 Marcos supporters marched to the U.S. Embassy, where the protest organizers charged that the U.S. and Philippine governments “framed” Marcos and denounced the tapes as “American lies.”