Release of All S/S DA GAMA Wheat Donated to the Philippine Gov't. to the Dept. of Education, Culture and Sports

September 19, 1973

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 132

In order to solve the pressing shortage of flour for the School Feeding Program of the Bureau of Public Schools, Department of Education and Culture, you are hereby directed to immediately release all of the S/S DA GAMA wheat donated by the Government of the United States to the Government of the Philippines and at present stored at the silos of the General Milling Corporation at Lapu-Lapu City, to be milled into flour and transfer the same, including the bran derived therefrom, for value to the account of the Secretary of Education and Culture.

Any proceeds from the sale of the wheat flour and bran computed on the basis of their prevailing market value, less all expenses incident to the milling thereof, shall be deposited by the Secretary of Education and Culture in an interest-bearing account in the Philippine National Bank until all legitimate claims thereon are finally settled.

As this wheat has been the subject matter of litigation since 1971 in the civil court and lately in the military commission, the Secretary of Justice and the Secretary of National Defense are hereby instructed to expedite the disposition of all the cases pertaining thereto in order that the proceeds derived from its sale or disposal may be applied to legitimate claims and/or any amount due the Government from such sale or disposal can be utilized for economic development purposes. cdt

Strict compliance with this Letter of Instruction is desired.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 19th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Three.