"Filemon Cloma led a 40 man Filipino crew in hoisting a Filipino flag on one of the islands of Freedomland, and posted copies of that notice, along with possession notices on each of the islands - 53 islands and islets with a total area of 64,976 square miles .Tomas Cloma asserted that the territory was without owner, since Japan renounced ownership in the San Francisco Peace Conference in 1951 .