Japanese Military Administration, Announcement of the Voluntary Dissolution of All Political Parties in the Philippines (1942)
“ In this connection, the Imperial Japanese Forces sincerely desire that all the people in the Philippines come to an even deeper understanding of the realities of the present, and to a more profound appreciation of the critical problems confronting this country today, and armed with a spirit of cooperation and affection, march arm in arm with each other and, pulling as one man, render their unstinted devotion and willing sacrifice to the realization of their common ideal—the rapid reconstruction of their country to a position of honor and trust in the Co-Prosperity Sphere. ”
