The US secured rent-free Philippine base leases for ninety-nine years.

Evidence

When the Philippines gained its independence in 1946, the United States pressured its former colony into granting a ninety-nine-year rent-free lease on twenty-three bases and military installations. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 90

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 90