Imelda lost her baby at about 3:30 PM. She stated having pains this morning. An internal examination showed that the uterus was larger than before the pregnancy and the cervix was not open. But without her noticing it, she expelled the placenta and the body when she was heavily sedated.
So we are preparing to bring her to Makati Medical Center.
This has come as a shock to both of us. After my speech at the command and General Staff College I rushed back to the ship but I was so bombed that I slept from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM when we agreed to bring Imelda to the hospital tomorrow or Saturday.
As usual Chino [Joaquin] Roces and his Manila Times Publishing Co., PNS [Philippine News Service] under Juan Mercado are mounting a propaganda campaign against me, the First Lady and now the NBI [National Bureau of Investigation] with insinuations of planting the money in the raid on the [Eduardo] Quintero residence, half-truths and speculations.
I attach the reports of the raiding party of the NBI headed by Asst. Director Arthur Figueras showing that the raid was legal, peaceful and orderly.
Official Gazette for June 1, 1972: THE PRESIDENT submitted to the Commission on Appointments for confirmation the nominations of 12 persons, 10 of which were to positions in the judiciary.
In the afternoon, the President motored to Fort Bonifacio, Rizal to address the graduates of the Fourth Regular Course of the AFP Command and General Staff College.
In his speech, the President called for a new breed of leaders to enable the country to cope with the emerging strange and alien world of tomorrow. He expressed the hope that they will form the hard core of national leadership in order to be able to attain the urgent goal of self-reliance.
On the economic front, the President said: “Nations are already exploring new ways to carry on international trade on a novel basis, no longer on the basis of the dollar but by means of a more flexible system, which would obviate the wrenching fluctuations of foreign exchange rates when speculation in gold gets out of hand.”
On the social scene, the President pointed to such problems as ecology and environment, “things we had never even given a thought to only ten years ago.”
“We can no longer depend on the old certainly of powerful allies coming to our aid in time of peril, nor trust our destiny to the magnanimity of allies, nor to concerted action of the family of nations,” the President emphasized.
The President said the world is changing so fast our allies may not be able to come to our aid, there may never be a gathering of allies, nor a spontaneous response to a country in distress by its friends.
Present at the graduation rites were military top brass from both the AFP and the Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group, headed by Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, General Romeo Espino, chief of staff; Col. Antonio S. Sepulan, and Col. Ernesto S. Gidaya, commandant.
The President arrived at Fort Bonifacio at 4:15 or 15 minutes behind schedule, because he was at the bedside of the First Lady, who was suffering severe pains and needed hospitalization.
After staying for 15 minutes at the reception, the President motored back to Pier 15 to be with Mrs. Marcos.
A direct bribery case has been filed or will be filed by the NBI against Delegate and possibly Mrs. Quintero in Pasay.
This morning I met with the Sec. of Justice, Solicitor General, Chief State Prosecutor [Emilio] Gancayco, Manila Chief of Police Gen. [Gerardo] Tamayo, his deputy Col. Jimmy Barbers, NBI chief Col. Jolly Bugarin, the chief of the NBI raiding team Asst. Director Arthur Figueras and Manila Police Sgt. ______.
I directed that they take over the case of the bribery case and see to it that the rights of Delegate Quintero and others who may be accused and his witnesses be protected.
Cong. [Artemio] Mate went to State Prosecutor Gancayco to confirm his statement under oath that was the basis for the grant of the search warrant and will now be the basis for the criminal case of bribery that will be filed.