Sources: Philippines
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Reference work · Independent publication
Commonwealth of the Philippines (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the Commonwealth of the Philippines, established 15 November 1935 following the 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act, which set a ten-year transition period during which the US retained jurisdiction over defense and foreign affairs; Manuel L. Quezon was elected the Commonwealth's first President, and the government was exiled from 1942 to 1945 during the Japanese occupation.
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Reference work · Independent publication
July 4, 1946: The Philippines Gained Independence from the United States (The National WWII Museum) link
Museum historical account, consulted via citation, estimating that the Japanese occupation (1942-1945) and the subsequent US-led liberation campaign caused over 1 million Filipino deaths, with the near-total destruction of Manila; the Treaty of Manila establishing formal US-Philippine relations was signed 4 July 1946, the same day as Truman's independence proclamation.
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Intergovernmental document · Government perspective or primary official source
Truman, Harry S., Proclamation 2695 — Independence of the Philippines (The American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara, 4 July 1946) link
Text of President Truman's proclamation, as reproduced by the American Presidency Project, a University of California, Santa Barbara academic archive of US presidential documents.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Founding Members of the United Nations (United Nations) link
UN Research Guide page listing the Philippines among the 51 original UN Charter signatories, more than a year before its own independence.
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