Imelda cannot be contacted by long distance as she has attended the dinner given her by Prime Minister [Eisaku] Sato.
The first special session adjourns tonight with the budget still hanging fire as of now (the conference report has not been approved by both houses and the Constitutional Convention question unresolved whether they should pass a joint resolution in a joint session as a constitutional assembly or an ordinary legislation; incidentally the matter has been raised to the Supreme Court by the PILCONSA [Philippine Constitution Association]).
I call another special session to begin Monday at 10:00 AM, June 29, 1970, with 18 priority measured but with Congress authorized to legislate on any matter they deem wise.
Eight of our barrio leaders organizing barrio home defense forces were killed in cold blood. They were asked to go down from their jeepney in the main road and gunned down, killed in cold blood by (apparently) Huks although Senator Benigno Aquino [Jr.] has readily absolved the Huks with the airy explanation that this is not the way the Huks kill. This is exactly how the Huks exact vengeance and strike terror into the hearts of the civilians. Thus the liquidation in cold blood of those suspected of giving information to government forces. I have ordered the unending pursuit of these men who did the killing.
Official Gazette for June 25, 1970: PRESIDENT MARCOS attended mostly to his desk’ work, with very few visitors on his schedule.
The few who saw him included:
1) Col. Ruben A. Jose, commanding officer of the former Philcag, now deployed in Central Luzon for civic action and community development missions, who reported on the progress of its work, stressing that the unit is eagerly sought by barrio communities and warmly welcome everywhere it has sent work teams.
2) Charge d’affaires Antonio Pinto Machado of the Portuguese embassy here, who presented the President with color maps circa 16th century, when he called to say goodbye after a brief assignment as interim head of his embassy when Ambassador Julio Salcedas went on a four-month leave. The maps were similar to those used by Portuguese sailors, including Ferdinand Magellan, when they blazed ocean trails.
3) Brig. Gen. Romeo Espino, acting AFP vice chief of staff, who briefed the President on the proposed sale of military reservations in the Greater Manila area, as a way of generating funds to support the land reform program and other projects.
4) New officers of the U.P. Vanguard, a fraternity composed of alumni of the U.F. ROTC course, whom the President inducted.
Those sworn in were Juanito T. Ventura, national commander; Col. Santiago Garcia (ret.), 1st vice commander; Jesus Fuentes, 3rd vice commander; Teodoro B. Javier, adjutant general; Ernesto Lolarga, national treasurer; Lt. Col. Benjamin Divinagracia, auditor; Teodoro Kalaw, Fred “Montilla” Francisco, Col. Apolinar Fajardo (ret.) and Lt. Col. Rodolfo Villarica, governors, Lt. Col. Ridao, JAG; Maj. Reynaldo San Gabriel, PRO; and Donato Pangilinan of the fund-raising committee.
Briefing on civic action by Col. [Ruben] Jose and on the plans for the sale of proportions of Camp Bonifacio by Gen. [Romeo] Espino, Deputy Chief of Staff.
Then met Congressman [Indanan] Anni of Sulu and [Mohammad] Ali Dimaporo of Lanao with his brother, the newly proclaimed congressman from Lanao del Sur. There are reports that the governments in 24 municipalities of Lanao del Sur have stopped functioning. I am sending a special team of Usec. Ramon Fernandez and a representative of Usec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile to quietly investigate.