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61 STAT.] PHILIPPINES-MILITARY ASSISTANCE-MIAR. 21, 1947 military assistance to the Republic of the Philippines shall be provided from United States and Philippine sources in so far as practicable and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall procure arms, ammunition, military equipment and naval vessels from governments or agencies other than the United States of America only on the basis of mutual agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. The Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall procure United States military equipment, supplies and naval vessels only as mutually agreed upon. TITLE V TRAINING ASSISTANCE ARTICLE 21. -As part of the program of military assistance the Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall be permitted to send selected students to designated technical and service schools of the ground, naval and air services of the United States. Such students shall be subject to the same regulations as are United States students and may be returned to the Philippines, without substitution, for violation of such regulations. Numbers of students and detailed ar- rangements shall be mutually agreed upon and shall be kept at a minimum for essential requirements. All Philippine requests for military training of Filipino personnel shall be made to the Govern- ment of the United States through the Military Advisory Group. TITLE VI SECURITY ARTICLE 22.- Disclosures and exchanges of classified military equipment and information of any security classification to or between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines will be with the mutual under- standing that the equipment and information will be safeguarded in accordance with the requirements of the military security classification established thereon by the originating Government and that no re- disclosure by the recipient Government of such equipment and infor- mation to third governments or unauthorized personnel will be made without specific approval of the originating Government. ARTICLE 23. -So long as this Agreement, or any extension thereof, is in effect the Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall not engage or accept the services of any personnel of any Government other than the United States of America for duties of any nature connected with the Philippine armed forces, except by mutual agree- ment between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. 3287 Equipment and in format ion. Personnel.