Have just arrived form the wedding of [Francisco] Kits Tatad at Greenhills Church and reception at Intercontinental. Well attended by newspaper people including those who do not wish us well.
Received the letter of Nonong signed Manuel L. Quezon Jr., expressing happiness over “my gentlemanly letter” that “vindicated the honor of father and sister by rejecting the unjust imputations and insinuations leveled at them.” Formal and a little cold, I thought.
Vice Pres. [Fernando] Lopez wrote me insisting upon his power to control and supervise the Bureau of Forestry including the issuance of licenses. But I am certain this is done by his men who wish to continue collecting from the licenses.
I worked on the oil concession applications. And asked [Vicente] Ting Paterno and Cesar Virata to finish the letter to the Jacintos on the IISMI [Iligan Integrated Steel Mills, Inc.] converting government preferred shares to common voting shares and putting IISMI under a new management, foreign if necessary.
Official Gazette for August 20, 1970: President Marcos worked for most of the morning on state papers, receiving only two visitors, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Narciso Ramos and Secretary of Justice Vicente Abad Santos.
At about 11 a.m., the President left Malacañang for the South Harbor where he was ferried to the USS America, one of the United States’ most modern attack carriers, where he was the guest of the officers and crew of the aircraft carrier. The President was given full honors on bearding the ship, then was conducted on a tour of the vessel.
Returning to Malacañang early in the afternoon, the President resumed his desk work.
Among the papers signed by the President was the appointment of Associate Justice Felix V. Makasiar of the Supreme Court as his personal representative to the forthcoming Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Spanish, Latin-American countries and the Philippines, which will be held in Madrid, Spain.
The conference is being held from September 16 to 19, this year, in connection with the observance of the “Centenario de la Lev Organica del Poder Judicial.”
He disengaged at about 7 p.m. to attend as one of the principal sponsors, the other being the. First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, the wedding ceremony of Press Secretary Francisco S. Tatad and Fenny Cantero, held at the Santuario de San Jose, in Mandaluyong, Rizal. Later, the President and the First Lady attended the wedding reception at the Hotel Inter-Continental. The First Couple returned to Malacañang direct from the hotel.