The Philippines and France: Discovery, Rediscovery

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THE ROAD TO FRIENDSHIP: THE SIGNING OF THE PHILIPPINES-FRANCE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP

After the opening of the consulate in 1836, the second milestone

in the long relation between Philippines and France was the Treaty of Friendship drawn between the two countries, signed on 26 June 1947 in Paris. Less than a year after the Philippines’ second independence on 4 July 1946, its former colonizer, the United States,1 was the first Western state to establish full diplomatic relations with Manila, on 13 March 1947. France, surprisingly, was the second, preceding Italy on July 9, and even its other former colonizer, Spain, on September 27.2 But the road to the signing of the Treaty of Friendship was not a smooth one. When first proposed in the early months of 1947 to France’s envoy to Manila Gaston Willoquet by Vice President and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Elpidio Quirino, the initial reaction from the Quai d’Orsay was not a favorable one. Largely stemming from the Philippines’ anti-colonialist position in the United Nations, French foreign ministry officials—referencing the French Indochinese colonies—did not “see the point of such a treaty, unless it comes with some sort of political agreement, namely on colonial issues, as it seems the Philippines does not seem to share our views on the matter (see its votes in New York).”3 The French officials were also worried how the United States would react to France signing the treaty. “Furthermore, our interests in the Philippines do not seem to be sufficiently important to justify such a general gesture, which could be seen in a bad light by the United States, given their almost absolute de facto control over the Philippine Islands.”4 However, Willoquet successfully convinced the Quai d’Orsay stating that France stands to gain by negotiating a treaty of friendship with the Philippines. Citing that China, Great Britain and Italy were all negotiating similar treaties with the Philippines, France would lose out on future economic relations and commercial agreements if 195

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BIBLIOgRAPHY

32min
pages 406-425

LIST OF AgREEMENTS

10min
pages 396-405

PROJECT TEAM

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pages 433-436

EPILOgUE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE

3min
pages 392-395

by Prof. Elisabeth Luquin

2min
pages 377-378

XIII TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE FILIPINO DIASPORA IN FRANCE

16min
pages 382-391

XII SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A COOPERATIVE PLATFORM BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND FRANCE

3min
pages 379-381

by Fr. Pierre de Charentenay, SJ

2min
pages 375-376

by Omar Ochoa, PhD

3min
pages 371-374

VIII ART AND ENVIRONMENT: CAPTURING LIFE'S PERPETUAL FLUX SCULPTOR IMPY PILAPIL IN NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE

4min
pages 366-370

VII PHILIPPINE ARTIFACTS AND ARTWORKS SHOWCASED IN HISTORIC EXHIBITION AT THE MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY

4min
pages 362-365

III INSPIRATION BEHIND THE NOTES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM

2min
pages 339-340

II PHILIPPINES AND PARIS EXPOSITIONS

6min
pages 330-338

V AREAS OF CONTINUING COOPERATION

3min
pages 304-309

I GUSTAVE EIFFEL AND THE PHILIPPINES

9min
pages 310-329

by Mayor Christian Jeffroy and Ms. Jeanne Eliet Translated into English by Ms. Laetitia Groszman

7min
pages 348-357

IV FRENCH INFLUENCES IN THE 1898 MALOLOS BANQUET

3min
pages 341-347

VI VITALIS AND THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY

2min
pages 358-361

IV JOINTLY FACING THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIMES: CLIMATE CHANGE

2min
pages 301-303

III A CONSTITUTION FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL

2min
pages 296-300

II THE PHILIPPINES AT UNESCO 2015-2017

3min
pages 290-295

I THE "SPIRIT OF PARIS" AS INSPIRATION FOR UNESCO

1min
pages 288-289

by Mr. Anton T. Huang, Chairman of the Philippines-France Business Council

8min
pages 279-287

by Ambassador Christian Lechervy

27min
pages 257-278

II STEADY GROWTH IN THE RELATIONS

28min
pages 220-256

The Signing of the Philippines-France Treaty of Friendship

4min
pages 210-219

V SEATO, THE PHILIPPINES, AND FRANCE

19min
pages 195-209

IV MANILA AND THE END OF FRENCH INDOCHINA

5min
pages 192-194

III THE INDOCHINESE STAKE AND THE 1947 TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND FRANCE

10min
pages 184-191

The 'Chasseurs Tagals' (Tagal Rangers) and the French Conquest of Cochinchina (1858-1863

37min
pages 54-75

I THE PREMISE: THE FIRST WESTERN CONSULATE AND FRENCH CONSULS IN THE PHILIPPINES 1824 AND 1836 AND BEYOND

14min
pages 156-165

II RIZAL'S NETWORKS IN FRANCE

9min
pages 86-95

III RIZAL AFTER RIZAL IN FRANCE

13min
pages 96-104

The Pendulum of a Cultural Encounter

12min
pages 76-85

II TREATY OF PARIS AND THE FILIPINO DIPLOMATS IN PARIS

19min
pages 166-183

From the Atlas Vallard (1547) to d'Anville's 18th Century Maps: Cartographers and Sailors

16min
pages 18-34

From César de Bourayne (1807) to the Basilan Adventure (1844-1845

27min
pages 35-53
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