9:30 AM—Visit of his Royal Highness the ruler of Negeri Sembilan and his Consort (of Malaysia, the LBJ Kampon is in his state).
We will export 100,000 tons of sugar more than our basic quota of 1,126,000 tons as our new mills (7 now producing and five now building) and new sugar areas start production. This means we have exceeded two million tons of sugar this year—for the first time in our history. 800,000 tons of sugar are set aside for domestic production.
In the next year we will produce our quota (deficiency of 400,000 tons more
Official Gazette for June 1, 1970: President Marcos received a Malaysian dignitary of the country’s royal house, the Yan Di-Pertuan Besar Tengku Ja-Afar of Negari
Sambilan and his wife, Madame Tengku Ampuan Najiba, both of whom will stay for a brief visit in the country. The royal couple are en route home to Kuala Lumpur from a visit to Expo ’70 in Osaka.
The President also received a number of provincial governors, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Carlos P. Romulo and a group of sugar industry leaders, along with SQA Administrator Jose A. Unson.
The President and the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, were on hand to receive the Malaysian royal couple, and during the brief visit exchanged views on a broad range of topics. The President advised the couple on some interesting places to visit in the Philippines during their sightseeing trip here.
In his meeting with Secretary Romulo, the President was briefed by the foreign secretary on the highlights of the UN conference on human survival, from which Romulo recently returned.
The sugar leaders who saw the President were, besides Unson, SQA Directors Carlos Ledesma and Manolo Elizalde. They informed the President of the additional quota from the United States adducing to the Philippines, from the deficits of other sugar producers, including U. S. sugarmen, which will bring to the country some $16 million in foreign exchange earnings.
The provincial governors who called on the President to discuss local problems and requirements were Tito Primicias Jr. of Pangasinan, Teresa Dupaya of Cagayan, Irene Balite of Northern Samar and Jose B. Legaspi of Aklan.
An additional presidential chore was the induction of Judge Fernando Santiago, who has been appointed judge of the court of first instance, with jurisdiction over Quezon province and Lucena City.
In-between all these activities, the President worked on state papers, and continued to do so till evening.
In connection with the Bantay incident, the President ordered Secretary of Justice Felix Y. Makasiar to institute formal charges of arson against Vincent Crisologo, son of Representative Floro S. Crisologo and Governor Carmeling P. Crisologo of Ilocos Sur.
The President also ordered the Justice Secretary to file appropriate charges against Luis “Chavit” Singson, also of Ilocos Sur, in connection with the killing of the Ilocos Sur provincial jail warden, Quirino de la Cruz, inside a bowling alley near the archbishop’s palace, in Vigan, in the afternoon of May 21, one day before the burning of 44 houses in Barrios Ora East and Ora Center in Bantay. At the same lime, the President ordered the filing of charges of illegal Possession of firearms against, a sergeant found to be in illegal possession of a garand, and such other persons found to be in possession of firearms without authority.
The President issued the above orders after receiving the report of Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile who had earlier made a flying trip to Ilocos Sur to provide airlift service to the victims of the Bantay incident. The victims had expressed the desire to be given transport facilities so that they could see the President and give a personal account of the Bantay incident.
than our basic quota of 1,126,000 tons). But the U.S. sugar act which gives our share of 47% of the deficiency of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (400,000 tons estimated) lapses next year. So we must now work to extend the present law. The Rockefeller mission to South America to look into how U.S. can help the Latin Americas has recommended that any increase in consumption requirements of the United States should be given to the Latin Americans. This increase per year is about 200,000 tons.
I have directed the Sec. of Foreign Affairs to do some preliminary work. I have asked them to invite Cong. Pogue [William Robert Poage] of Texas, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, to the Philippines. So with the Senate chairman.
The French have notified the Japanese that they will not ship out any of their nickel ore from New Caledonia but want a loan of $120 million for nickel refineries to be built in New Caledonia. The Japanese offered a joint venture and the French refused.
So we can come in and offer our ore. My attention was called to this by an alien expert.
But like the French I would like the refineries to be built here in the Philippines and owned by the Filipinos. And Marinduque has not made good this part of their contract in Nonoc Parcel II. We must look into this.
We must also put up copper refineries.
The stocks have rebounded back. But Atlas which is $19 ¾ in the U.S. is P170 in the Philippines. There was a general increase of about 30%.