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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 396, May 17, 1968 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 17 TO JUNE 23, 1968, AS NATIONAL INTEGRATION WEEK.”

WHEREAS, the desire to integrate and assimilate the cultural minorities, who until lately were referred to as Non-Christian, into the national way of life, goes back to Spanish colonial times;

WHEREAS, all efforts by the different government agencies since have fallen short of this goal;

WHEREAS, the Commission on National Integration, which was created in 1957 has made great strides towards their integration; and

WHEREAS, in support of the present Commission’s mission of accelerating the integration process, it is necessary to focus national attention on the cultural minorities, thus, enhancing mutual understanding and respect for each others culture;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, in recognition of the necessity of effecting in a more rapid and complete manner the economic, social, moral, and political advancement of the cultural minorities and their integration into the body politic, do hereby declare the period from June 17 to 23, 1968.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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