I have been working on the final version of my book The Democratic Revolution.
It does not yet meet my standards but it is getting more precise and clear.
It will end up as a justification for government to recover the leadership of the revolution.
I also met Mayor [Antonio] Villegas and J.V. Cruz who is running as Vice Mayor. They seek my help although they will run as independent Liberals.
Cong. [Ramon] Bagatsing, a Nacionalista, has announced he has accepted the offer to be the guest candidate of the Liberal Party. What an irony.
This noon while I was attending to party matters, I was able to take lunch with the relatives of Imelda (the Trinidads, Reyeses, de la Fuentes etc.) from San Rafael and Baliuag, Bulacan.
I directed a study of the policies and military agreements with the U.S.
Official Gazette for August 5, 1971: President Marcos started the day quietly with a breakfast in the morning honoring Robert Jackson, senior consultant to the administrator of the United Nations Development Program, at which he a The First Lady, Imelda R. Marcos, played hosts.
Also present at the breakfast were Secretary of Foreign Affairs Carlos P. Romulo, Secretary of Finance Cesar E. A. Virata, Secretary of Public Works and Communications Manuel B. Syquio, Secretary of Social Welfare Estefania Aldaba-Lim, Board of Investments Chairman Vicente Paterno, NEC Chairman Gerardo Sicat, PES Director-General Apolinario Orosa, and William Harding, UNDP resident representative here. Jackson arrived in Manila for talks with top government officials and to survey UNDP assisted projects here. He called at Malacañang upon his arrival here, enroute back to New York after a swing through Southeast Asia.
After this working breakfast, the President conferred with Philippine officials present behind closed doors. Then he began receiving callers, the first of which was a delegation from Zamboanga del Sur led by Rep. Vicente Cerilles. In the group’s wake came former Rep. Luis Hora of the Mt. Province, Gov. Jaime Gomez, Deputy Gov. Alejo Manao and Board Members Alfonso Layog and Jose Dominguez, along with nine town mayors.
Taking time off from visitors, the President signed the gold subsidy bill. Among those who witnessed the signing were Sen. Leonardo B. Perez, Rep. Benjamin Perez, and a number of provincial and municipal officials of Nueva Vizcaya. Under the new law, the gold subsidy would be given only to gold producing firms 70 per cent owned and held by Philippine citizens, and producing gold as a principal product by itself or through an operating agreement.
Resuming his reception of callers, the President met with a group from Ilocos Norte headed by Reps. Simeon Valdez and Roque Ablan, Jr. and Gov. Elizabeth Marcos-Keon.
The President continued to receive callers the rest of the day in between spells of desk work and brief meetings with officials consulting him on various problems. Official papers acted upon by the President included those on the promotion of 255 reserve officers (inactive) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. One of those promoted from captain to major was Secretary of Finance Cesar E. A. Virata. The promotion of the reserved officers was recommended by Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile, and was in line with the citizens army build-up program of the AFP as envisioned in the National Defense Act. Of the officers promoted, six were to the grade of Colonel, 13 to the grade of Lt, Colonel, and 53 to the grade of Major, Lt. Commander.
Attached is copy of my directive.