Jose Laurel III
Philippine diplomat
Jose Sotero Hidalgo Laurel III (August 27, 1914 – January 6, 2003) was a Filipino diplomat and the aide-de-camp of his father, Jose P. Laurel, when he was president of the collaborationist Second Philippine Republic. He later became ambassador of the Philippines to Japan.
Early life
Laurel was born on August 27, 1914. He mastered the Japanese language and culture in the Imperial Japanese Army Academy from 1934 to 1937. He served as a junior aide-de-camp to President Manuel L. Quezon from 1937-1940.
Arrest during the Japanese occupation
Beginning in March 1945, Laurel, together with his family, Camilo Osías, Benigno Aquino Sr., Gen. Tomas Capinpin, and Jorge B. Vargas evacuated to Baguio. Shortly after the city fell, they traveled to Tuguegarao, where they embarked a bomber plane to Japan via Formosa (now Taiwan) and Shanghai, China. Alongside his father and Aquino, he was taken into U.S. custody on September 15, 1945, days after the Japanese forces formally surrendered to the United States. They were imprisoned in Yokohama until they were transferred to Sugamo Prison on November 16.
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