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Peasant Revolt Brews Around Arayat in Philippines
Manila dispatch by James J. Halsema reports growing agrarian unrest around Mount Arayat as Hukbalahap fighters widen their reach into Bataan Peninsula. Taruc leads a peasant movement with land grievances, armed for the first time in a government that struggles to deliver promised reforms amid counterinsurgency.
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James J. Halse- V
Hukbalahaps
James J. Halsema
Manila
Arayat
Philippine
Bataan
Huks
Manuel Roxas
Mao Tze Tung
Chou En - Lai
Luzon
Huk Supremo
Luis Taruc
Communist Party
Taruc
San Fernando
Pampanga
Usaffe
MacArthur
U.S
Far East
Huk
National Society of Peasants
PKM
Haksa
Palawan
U.S. Army
Sergio Osmena
Roxas
Big Island