Memorandum Order No. 222 (1971)
Creating a Technical Committee for small arms manufacture
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Order No. 222, March 19, 1971 ]
CREATING A TECHNICAL COMMITTEE FOR SMALL ARMS MANUFACTURE
To assure appropriate evaluation of all information and data relevant to small arms manufacture, there is hereby created a Technical Committee in the National Security Council composed of the following:
Chairman Vicente T. Paterno, BOI | Chairman Undersecretary Manuel Q. Saliantes, DND | Vice-Chairman Commissioner Crispino de Castro, POLCOM | Member Colonel Orestes Montano, AC of S J5 AFP | Member Colonel Mario Espina, PES-DND | Member Cdr Vicente Brillantes, PES | Member Lt Col Diosdado G Beltran, DND Recorder | Secretary-Recorder
The Technical Committee shall gather all information and data on the various proposals for establishing a local small arms plant/arms manufacture submitted for consideration of the National Security Council. It shall also present to the NSC all relevant information needed to arrive at a decision as to the best proposal to be selected.
To assist the Technical Committee in its tasks, the following are designated Consultants/Advisers:
Brig Gen Antonio Tamayo, CG, AFPSC
Commodore Octavio Posadas, NSE, HPN
Colonel Primitive Mital, PAF DEPOT, HPAF
Colonel Florencio dela Cruz, C, ORD, AFP
Mr. Agustin Cancio, Private Sector
Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy one.
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
Manila, March 19, 1971