The Fooling of America

"The Fooling of America, The Untold Story of Carlos P. Romulo" is an investigative book written by chemist Pío Andrade, Jr.. The book unveils the supposed true character and hidden personal agenda of former Filipino diplomat Carlos P. Rómulo (1899-1985), who served as the President of the Fourth Session of United Nations General Assembly.

The book was first published in 1986. It had a revised edition in 1991.

The book chronicles the life, as well as published materials, of Rómulo. It describes in documented detail how Rómulo fooled the American government, as well as his fellow Filipinos, in shocking and flagrant lies to achieve his personal agenda: fame and fortune. Andrade's book seeks to picture out Rómulo as a mere egomaniac, and called for the ex-UN official's removal from the pantheon of Filipino heroes.

At the back of the book, Andrade wrote a teaser which actually appears in the Introduction to the first edition:

"Carlos P. Romulo is a fraud. For forty long years, Romulo fooled America, his own people, and the international diplomatic community about himself, about his country, and about Philippine presidents with lying, and flattering lectures, press releases, radio broadcasts, interviews, articles, and books. Among those Romulo fooled were the entire American press, all the US Congresses from 1941 to 1985, most of the US president from President Roosevelt to President Reagan, and the United Nations Organizations from its beginning up to his death. Romulo's deceptions, which were never disclosed, won for him fortune and international fame, but it led the United States to adopt policies inimical to Philippine interests and welfare and which made a mockery of America's avowed good intentions for the Filipinos. This is the untold but true story of Carlos P. Romulo."