Pls. Share: Video with english commentator Clear copy! So What Happened Along the way? now we are the one importing rice? Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos Invitation for the seven nation summit conference In Manila. With head of state like Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson (A New Strain Of Rice yields The Miracle Rice) Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson - im glad that the institute is prepared to make this seeds available to ALL NATIONS TO ALL NATIONS! In response to an invitation from the President of the Republic of the Philippines, after consultations with the President of the Republic of Korea and the Prime Ministers of Thailand and the Republic of Vietnam, the leaders of seven nations in the Asian and Pacific region held a summit conference in Manila on October 24 and 25, 1966, to consider the conflict in South Vietnam and to review their wider purposes in Asia and the Pacific. The participants were Prime Minister Harold Holt of Australia, President Park Chung Hee of the Republic of Korea, Prime Minister Keith Holyoake of New Zealand, President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines, Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn of Thailand, President Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States of America, and Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of the Republic of Vietnam. Pres. Marcos: His first term in office showed a lot of promise, building on the relatively robust economy by developing the countrys infrastructure, education, and agriculture. It was during his first term that rice production was at its peak. Greater production of rice by promoting the cultivation of IR-8 hybrid rice. In 1968 the Philippines became self-sufficient in rice, the first time in history since the American period. In addition, the Philippines exported rice worth US$7 million. In foreign relations, he hosted the Manila Summit Conference with the heads of member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO),President Marcos initiated, together with the heads of State in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore), the formation of a regional organization to combat the communist threat in the region – the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). He secured increased economic and financial assistance from the United States, shortened the military bases agreement from 99 years to 25 years, and hosted a seven-nation summit conference on the crisis in South Vietnam. In October 1966, the Philippines hosted the summit of seven heads of state (United States, South Vietnam, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines) to discuss the worsening problem in Vietnam and the containment of communism in the region. It was also during his first term that the North Diversion Road was constructed with the help of the AFP engineering construction battalion. The North Diversion Road, now known as North Luzon Expressway, initially went from Balintawak to Tabang, Guiguinto, Bulacan. Pls. add all your friends and family members on this page thank you: https://facebook/SpyderFriendsGroup Bongbong Marcos Imee Marcos You can also share your photo with SBBM at #iMetBBM
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