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1. CREW TELEPHONED PEIRCE ON 21 MARCH TO SAY THAT THE PHILIPPINE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS HAD CALLED IN BOTH ETPI AND PLDT ON 20 MARCH AND ASKED PLDT TO SUSPEND THEIR PROPOSED ACTION FOR 45 DAYS. PLDT HAD AGREED TO 20 DAYS. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT DURING THIS PERIOD ETPI AND PLDT WILL PUT THEIR RESPECTIVE CASES TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT ETPI ARE FAIRLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY HAVE THE BETTER CASE, AND THE SMYPATH Y
OF BOTH THE SECRETARY AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY.
2. CREW SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT YOU MAY HAVE INTERVENED IN THIS (BUT WAS NOT SURE).
IF SO, HE AND WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL.
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