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TO:

The Executive Secretary The Secretary of National Defense The Secretary of Public Works and Communications The Secretary of Social Welfare The Secretary of Health The Secretary of Agrarian Reforms The director of Public Works The General Manager, PHHC The Presidential Assistant on Housing and Resettlement Agency The Presidential Assistant on National Minorities Governors, City Mayors and Municipal Mayors City and District Engineers

In order to facilitate the implementation of the program of reforms on public health, safety and peace and order caused by squatters and effect the prompt implementation of Letter of Instruction No. 19, dated October 2, 1972, the Presidential Coordinating Committee on Housing and Urban Resettlement created and constituted by Executive Order No, 2153 dated March 7, 1970, as amended by Executive Order No. 343, dated October 13, 1971, shall serve as a continuing Coordinating Committee to implement instructions in aforecited Letter of Instruction.

To maximize the efficiency of all agencies concerned and insure rational allocation of resources, the following functions are assigned to the various government agencies involved in solving the squatter problem:

	FUNCTIONS		PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE	SUPPORTING
A.	SITE PREPARATION PHASE
	1. Preparation of Development		PHHC
	2. Funding		Office of the Pres., Budget Commission, DP-WC, DH, DE, PHHC- AFP PHHC	BPW-BPH-NEA CAO
B.	PRE-RELOCATING PHASE
	1. Coordination w/ Local		PAHRA	DSW, Local
	2. Survey		PAHRA	Gov't, AFP
	3. Security		Local Police
C.	RELOCATION PHASE
	1. Dismantling		Local Gov't	BPW-PAHRA
	2. Security		Local Police	AFP
		a. Relocation Site toResettlement	PAHRA	AFP-BPH-Local Gov't
		b. Relocation Site to other areas	DSW	AFP-BPH
		c. Convoy Security	AFP
D.	RESETTLEMENT PHASE
	1. Lot Assignment		PHHC	Private Sector
	2. Relief in Resettlement Site one Month		DSW	AFP-Local Gov't
	3. Maintance of roads and facilities		BPH-BPW

The Coordinating Council shall immediately consider the relocation of squatters in the Greater Manila Area in the priority established in Letter of Instruction No. 19, dated October 2, 1972.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.