Have just come from the birthday dinner of [Teresita] Tessie Yulo. She is now 39 but she stopped counting like her contemporaries at 26 (according to her).
Saw the KBS [Kanlaon Broadcasting System] rebroadcast of my press interview at 8:00 in color (up to past 9:00 PM) actually held at 12:15 PM at Malacañang Ceremonial Hall.
Left Baguio this morning as we had to bring Bongbong who is down with bronchial asthma with a fever. Imelda came down at 7:00 AM. I waited for the plane to come back and left at 9:40 AM.
The press interview was set for four o’clock but I accelerated it to 12:00 AM so I could attend to my afternoon appointments specially on legislation as the last day of session is Friday.
I spoke on the Djakarta conference, the IPI [International Press Institute]-Yuyitung case and the [Esteban] Cabanos case.
Gen. [Hans] Menzi reported to me on the IPI case at 4:20 PM.
Official Gazette for May 20, 1970: President Marcos held a press conference to clarify various points pertaining to the deportation of Yuyitung brothers, the Jakarta conference on Cambodia, and the national security and intelligence fund.
Meeting the press at around 12:30 p.m., the President first made extemporaneous remarks, then answered questions from the floor. Sitting with him were Press Secretary Francisco S. Tatad, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Carlos P. Romulo, Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile, and Immigration Commissioner Edmundo Reyes.
The rest of the President’s working day was devoted to state papers, mostly reports from various government offices, and official documents which needed action or his perusal.
After a brief rest in the afternoon, the President returned to his study to work well into evening. The President directed Secretary of Health Amadeo H. Cruz to proceed to Cebu on the first available air transportation, in the wake of reported outbreak of typoid epidemic in Tabuelan town.
The President ordered the departments of health and of social welfare to send special teams and work closely in the areas in Cebu province reported to have an outbreak of the epidemic.