Globe Mackay Cable and Radio Corp
Globe-Mackay Cable end Radio Corporation re. 50-60-81
Globe-Mackay Cable and Radio Corporation re. 50-60-81
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1-248 URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL FOR THE PRESIDENT AND
FIRST LADY FROM AMBASSADOR ARAQUE:
SIR, PURSUANT TO: YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, CAPT TADIAR AND. |
CALLED ON DR KELLY AFTER LUNCH TODAY TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS
REGARDING BONG'S CASE. THE POINTS YOU MENTIONED TO ME OVER
THe TELEPHONE YESTERDAY, | CONVEYED VERBALLY, IN
ADDITION, | ALSO HANDED HIM A LETTER PUTTING FORWARD THE
SPEUIAL WITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH HOEPFULLY WOULD
WARRANI (HE COLLEGE DEPARTING FROM ITS NORMAL RULE OF
REQUIKING ANSUNDERGRADUATE WHO FAILS THE PRELIMINARY
EXAMINATION RFIER THO ATTEMPTS TO GO OUT OF RESIDENCE FOR
GOOD, THESE ARE (1) BONG’S ASTHMA COMPLICATED BY FLU
FeW WEEKS BEFORE HIS FIRST EXAMINATION AND A SIMILAR
AILMEN! BEFORE THE SECOND, EXACERBATED BY THE LONG AND
EXHAUSTING TRIP BACK TO LONDON FROM MANILA AND THE ABRUPT
CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE SMCLN AND (2) THE ADVERSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON HIM AFTER HIS VISIT WITH YOU TO
THE DEVASTATED AREAS IN MINDANAO AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE AND
TIDAL WAVE WHICH KILLED 8000 PEOPLE AND RENDERED MANY
THOUS. ONLY SON OF HEAD OF STATE, BONG
CANNOT AVOID PLAYING ROLE IN PUBLIC AND CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS,
| EMPHA YOUR SPECIAL APPEAL AND YOUR HOPE THAT TH
COLLEGE WILL, VIEW BONG'S, CASE WITH SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTAND
IN MY COMVERSATION WITH DR KELLY BEFORE 1 WENT TO OXFORD,
1 SENSED THAT AN ADVERSE PHYSICAL CONDITION AT THE TIME OF
THe EXAMINATION NIGHT BE A GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCE, HENCE THE EMPHASIS ON BONG’S ASTHMA
AND FLU, TO ADD SUBSTANCE TO THIS, THE CONSTANT PRESENCE OF
NURSE IN YOUR LONDON FLAT WAS CITE!
DR KELLY AND THE SENIOR TUTOR, DR WARDEN, WHO WAS ALSO
PRESENT, PROMISED TQ PRESENT OUR APPEAL TO THE COLLEGE
COMMITTEE WHICH BEC(D OF THIS NATURE. THIS COMMITTEE
CONSISt 95 TUTORS, ANCLUDING DR-KELLY:AS- PRINCIPAL, WHO
HAVE ONE HAND DECISIOFS ARE MADE BY MAJORITY VOTE,
INST OVER-OPTIMISM AS FAVORABLE
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REGARDING’ BONG’ SECASE. TH@YPOINTS=YOU (MENTHONEDSTO MEpQVER
IHe (ELEPHONE YESTERDAY, { CONVEYED VERBALLY, IN
ADDITION, | ALSO HANDED HIM A LETTER PUTTING FORWARD THE
SPEGIAL MITIGATING GIRCUMSTANCES WHICH HOEPFULLY WOULD
WARRAN| [HE COLLEGE DEPARTING FROM ITS NORMAL RULE OF
REQUIKING AN UNDERGRADUATE WHO FAILS THE PRELIMINARY
EXAMINATION AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS TO GO OUT OF RESIDENCE FOR
GOOD, THESE ARE (1) BONG’S ASTHMA COMPLICATED BY FLU
FEW WEEKS BEFORE HIS FIRST EXAMINATION AND A SIMILAR
AILMENI BEFORE THE SECOND, EXACERBATED BY THE LONG AND
EXHAUSTING TRIP BACK TO LONDON FROM MANILA AND THE ABRUPT
CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE SMCLN AND (2) THE ADVERSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON HIM AFTER HIS VISIT WITH YOU TO
fe DEVASTATED AREAS IN MINDANAO AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE AND
TIDAL WAVE WHICH KILLED 8000 PEOPLE AND RENDERED MANY
THOUSANDS MORE HOMELESS. AS ONLY SON OF HEAD OF STATE, BONG
CANNOT AVOID PLAYING ROLE IN PUBLIC AND CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS.
1 EMPHASIZED YOUR SPECIAL APPEAL AND YOUR HOPE THAT THE
COLLEGE WILL VIEW BONG’S CASE WITH SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.
CONVERSATION WITH DR K ORE | WENT TO OXFORD,
{ SENSED THAT AN ADVERSE PHYSICAL CONDITION AT THE TIME OF
THe E®AMINATION MIGHT BE A GOOD AND. ACCEPTABLE
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCE, HENCE THE EMPHASIS ON BONG?S ASTHMA
Ao FLU, TO ADD SUBSTANCE TO THIS, THE CONSTANT PRESENCE OF
A-NURSE IN YOUR LONDON FLAT WAS CITED.
DR KELLY AND THE SENIOR TUTOR, DR WARDEN, WHO WAS ALSO
PRESENT, PROMISED TO PRESENT OUR APPEAL TO THE COLLEGE
COMMITTEE WHICH DECIDES CASES OF THIS NATURE, THIS COMMITTEE
CONSISIS OF Se TUTORS, INCLUDING DR KELLY= AS: PRINCIPAL, WHO
WAVE ONE VOTE EACH AND DECISIOFS ARE MADE BY MAJORITY VOTE.
De KELLY CAUTIONED AGAINST OVER-OPTIMISM AS FAVORABLE
DECISIONS IN CASESSIMILAR TO BONG’S ARE VERY RARE. THE
COMMITTEE WILL MEET TWO WEEKS FROM THIS COMING WEDNESDAY.
DR KELLY EXPLAINED THAT THE RULE GOVERNING AN UNDERGRADUATE
WHO FAILS 10 PASS HIS PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AS A WHOLE
AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS 1S NOT ONLY A COLLEGE RULE BUT OXFORD
UNIVERSITY RULE, IN THE EVENT THAT BONG’S CASE 1S RECONSIDERED
FAVORABLY, AND DR KELLY EMPHASIZED THAT THIS CAN ONLY BE KNOWN
AFTER THE COMMITTEE MEETS, BONG WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT
UNE TO RE-SIT HIS EXAMINATION IN POLITICS, IN THE MEANTIME,
DR KELLY 1S AFRAID THERE 1S NOTHING FOR BONG TO DO IN OXFORD.
IN RESPON: TO MY QUESTION ABOUT BONG?S GRADE IN POLITICS,
DR KELLY SAID GOT GAMMA MINUS, THE MINIMUM PASSING GRADE
' A PLUS WHICH BONG GOT IN. ECONOMIC
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