Everybody is in church. Security has asked me to stay indoors.
Played golf at our Mansion Golf Course which I had previously christened the Caniao Golf Course. I was swaying and my timing was off but I did birdie the monstrous dogleg, par 5 No. 6. To reach the opening of the dogleg for we could not cut too many trees, one must make a 280-290 yard drive. The greens are lush but we cannot cut the grass too short as there is lack of water and some of them are shaded.
We have about finished the conference room or building extensions. There are seven rooms on each wing, the large conference room and if a second floor should be put, it would be more comfortable than the guest house. We are preparing this for the Seato [Southeast Asia Treaty Organization] Military Advisers Conference on April 2-3. The Military Advisers have breakfast with me on April 4th at Malacañang at 7:30 AM.
Was interviewed by Mr. and Mrs. Rindl of Austria who were brought all the way for the interview.
Official Gazette for March 27, 1970: President Marcos spent the day quietly. He received a few visitors, among whom were City Mayor Luis Lardizabal and Peter Rindel, an Austrian author, who called for an interview. The President also consulted with key administration officials, among whom were Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor, Jr., Secretary of Justice Felix V. Makasiar, and Chairman Placido Mapa, Jr. of the National Economic Council, concurrently Director-General of the Presidential Economic Staff.
Together with Secretary Melchor, the President also met with Vicente Arancillo, branch manager of the local Development Bank of the Philippines; and Angel Sangalang, district lands officer here. The two branch officials gave the President a detailed briefing on the Baguio City squatter problem, how the Bureau of Lands is working to solve it, and how the DBP could assist to help the squatters.
Most of the time during the day, the President worked on pending state papers. The Chief Executive approved the Third Investments Priority Plan prepared by the National Economic Council in accordance with Re public Act No. 5186, otherwise known as the Investment Incentives Act. The third IPP was approved by the NEC last March 18 and submitted to the President by NEC Chairman Mapa, Jr.
Consisting of 89 projects, the plan is expected to have an aggregate output of P12.4 billion. In preparing the plan, the NEC took the following into consideration:
1. The 15 criteria in Section 3(k) of RA 5186; 2. The plan’s consistency with previous IPPs; 3. Its consistency with basic policies for industrial and agricultural development, such as export oriented industries, industrial projects with high forward and backward linkages, industries which require further processing, traditional export products to increase dollar receipts, and preference for capital goods industries; 4. Consistency with the objectives of the overall economic development programs, particularly industries that generate employment, contribute to sustain growth of the gross national product and income, improve the balance of payments position, promote social welfare, and improve the people’s standard of living.
Have approved the Third Investment Priorities Plan. Sec. [Felix] Makasiar has found a prima facie case of Anti-Graft against Dep. Gov. Benecio Eusebio of the Land Authority. The son of Gov. [Conrado] Estrella, Jimmy, has been exonerated.
But my suspicion is that they are both guilty.