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Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay, vigorous leader of the government's war on the Huks, went up in the hills to meet his prize captive, who, wearing a new but soiled khaki suit and tennis shoes, listened quietly as Magsaysay told him of the government's new policy towards the Huks: friendship or force. Said Pomeroy: "So far I've seen only the force." Replied Magsaysay: "Now I'll show you the friendship." He handed a bottle of Coke to Pomeroy, who laughed. "Bill, I'll treat you fairly," promised Magsaysay. Fairly meant a fair trial. Magsaysay intends to charge 35-year-old Pomeroy with multiple murder, arson and other crimes, for which the penalty may be death. The U.S. Embassy in Manila said it would not intervene: Pomeroy by his own choice had become a man without a country.