ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 225, December 20, 1956

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPORTATION OF FLAVORING EXTRACTS AND CONCENTRATES BY THE PEPSI-COLA COMPANY.

A committee is hereby created to investigate (1) the release of two Pepsi-Cola shipments of flavoring extracts and concentrates; (2) officials of the Government who may appear to be involved in the release of the shipments aforesaid and who under the law may be investigated by the Office of the President; and (3) the circumstances surrounding the importation of said flavoring extracts and concentrates by the Pepsi-Cola Company. The committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Ambrosio Padilla, Solicitor General ................................................................	Chairman
Atty. Arturo A. Alafriz, President, Philippine Lawyers Association .............................	Member
Lt. Col. Angel S. Salcedo, The Judge Advocate General, AFP ...................................	Member

The committee is granted all the powers of an investigating committee under the provisions of Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation. It is also authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, including corporations owned or controlled by it, for such assistance or information as it may need in the investigation.

Atty. Antonio J. Villegas, PCAC Vice-Chairman, will assist the committee in gathering facts and evidence, in preferring charges against the officials who may be involved, and in presenting the evidence in support of the charges.

The committee shall submit its report and recommendations as soon as possible.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON

Executive Secretary