The World - News from Nov. 1, 1985

U.S. Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth disclosed the previously unreported killings of 15 Americans in the Philippines in the last two years, four of them “allegedly at the hands of security forces.” Bosworth, in a talk in Manila, gave no details of the American deaths but a U.S. Embassy spokesman said they apparently occurred in outlying areas and generally were not reported in Manila. It was not clear whether those killed were visiting Americans or resident U.S. citizens, and no names were given.