The World - News from Nov. 27, 1985
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Bipartisan leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent a pointed warning to Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos that Congress will base its future dealings with the Manila government on the fairness of next February’s presidential election. A letter signed by Chairman Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) cautioned Marcos that a rigged election would be “worse than no election at all” and might cause many Filipinos to “despair of the prospects for peaceful political change” and turn to violence. The letter was also signed by Sens. Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.), Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Alan Cranston (D-Calif.).
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