This morning I ordered the drafting of two proclamations for the gradual lifting of the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus—one for the Visayas and Ilocos down to Pangasinan, Batangas, Catanduanes, Masbate, Marinduque, Romblon, the two Mindoros and the other for Mindanao and Sulu.
I intend to announce the first tomorrow at 2:00 PM and the second a few days afterwards.
The conference this morning was attended by Gen. [Manuel] Yan, Col. [Ignacio] Paz, Sec. Vicente Abad Santos and Sol. Gen. Felix Antonio.
We were going to Mactan to be there tomorrow afternoon when I would have announced the first proclamation then to Cagayan de Oro for the second proclamation but the typhoon has prevented us from travelling. So I have called a conference tomorrow morning instead with all the major service commanders, Gen. Yan, [Romeo] Espino, [Fidel] Ramos, the USND [Undersecretary of National Defense], CIS [Criminal Investigation Service] chief, all Zone and Brigade Commanders and their CIS and Intelligence Chiefs—preparatory to the announcement of the proclamation.
No Official Gazette entry for this day.