ON AUGUST 30, 1951, the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines was signed in Washington, D. C., by President Harry Truman and President Elpidio Quirino.
The two countries agreed:
“Separately and jointly by self help and mutual aid”, to “maintain and develop their individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack” and to recognize that “an armed attack in the Pacific area on either the Parties would be dangerous to its own peace and safety” and further agreed that each “would act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes”.
The ratification advise was approved by the US Senate on March 20, 1952. The President of the United States ratified the treaty on April 15, 1952. The Philippine Senate on the other hand, ratified the treaty on May 12, 1952. This mutual defense treaty entered into force on August 27, 1952.
