Went to bed at 3:00 AM. Ate a full meal at 12:00 PM [sic] last night with the rest who fasted the whole day except for half a meal.
Woke up at 8:00 AM. Met Ambassador [Toshio] Urabe who went to Japan to improve the foiled up atmosphere caused by the action of Sen. Jose Roy’s Committee on Foreign Affairs unanimously opposing the Phil. Japan Treaty of Amity and Navigation. He says he succeeded partially.
Then played golf 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM at Camp John Hay with him and [Manuel] Neling Nieto [Jr.] with Maj. Brown, the camp commander.
Lunch at 3:00 PM. Press conference and appointment and induction to office of Gen. [Felizardo] Tanabe as Acting Postmaster General and Villaseñor as Director of Telecommunications.
Shower, massage and a nap. Then met the visitors: Ilocos Sur leaders Tony [Antonio] Villanueva and Vincent Crisologo on the killings of Crisologo followers (I called the Zone Commander PC Chief, Prov. Commander and the Governor (Chavit [Luis] Singson) for tomorrow; Valley problems of subversion.; Gov. Gomez and Delegate [Felix] Diaz of Bontoc;
Official Gazette for April 1. 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS attended to urgent state papers in his private study at the Mansion House after conveying his greetings to the nation at the close of the Lenten season. In his message the President said:
“Easter comes to us today at the time when all mankind is seeking ways to narrow down and bridge differences that have stood between peoples and nations, and when our country itself is engaged in greater and wider efforts to enter into more fruitful relations with the rest of the world.
“As in the past, when the resurrection of Christ sought to bring men to a stronger fellowship in the pursuit of their common goals, it is to be hoped that this same spirit will now bring the great endeavors to their just and timely fruition. For the message of Easter is not alone addressed to or shared by Christians. It is for all men everywhere, whatever their color, station or creed.
“And now, more than ever, that message tells us that it is in every man’s capacity to find an end to his many problems and anxieties, that it is in every nation’s ability to find progress and freedom, and that it is in mankind’s reach to remake the world anew and made it a better place to live in.”
In the course of the day, the President:
1) Ordered the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine Constabulary to conduct a full dress investigation, in coordination with local police authorities, of the slaying of the woman Ex-Mayor of Bantay, Ilocos Sur. He issued the directive following his meeting with former Ilocos Sur Governor Carmeling Crisologo.
2) Designated retired Brig. Gen. Felizardo Tanabe as acting Postmaster General and Assistant Director Pedro Villasenor of the Bureau of Telecommunications as the acting director of that bureau.
Gen. Tanabe’s designation to the Bureau of Post followed his stint as a presidential assistant and Chairman of a 12-man Postal. Reform Task Force created by the President last February 21 to study and recommend corrective measures to improve the country’s postal service.
Director Villasenor succeeded the late Director Antonio Gamboa of the Bureau of Telecommunications, who perished at a plane crash in September. 1970.
Mayor [Luis] Lardizabal and Rudy Cuenca and Eng. Agonias on mining and natural resources survey.
Then dinner at Joe’s house up to 1:00 AM.