For all we know, the story may be an urban legend but it shows the strong sense of delicadeza among the Japanese. You want us to be pulverized by China over a group of islands which we laid claim to only in the mid-’70s? Cloma and his group were driven away by the Chinese Navy after they laid claim to Freedomland by occupying it. And since Cloma is a citizen of the Philippines, Marcos said the country has a right to the islands. * * *The country should do everything short of spiriting out of Kuwait our diplomats who rescued distressed Filipino maids.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 07, 2018 21:00 UTC