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Salvador H. Laurel

(November 18, 1928 – January 27, 2004). Lawyer, legislator, Vice-President, 1986-1992. Tasked by his father to write a diary of their escape to Japan, 1945; kept a diary of the Snap Election campaign of 1985-6.
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August 17, 1945 Friday

The blackout and curfew are lifted.

Papa, looking grave, dictated a letter addressed to General Douglas MacArthur, placing himself at MacArthur’s disposal. He also dictated an announcement formally terminating the existence of the Second Republic of the Philippines.