In the Palanan-Diguyo operations, the troops have taken the second camp where more guns (about 476 M-14, 503 boxes of ammo). 7.62 with 300 rds per box, 18 boxes of magazines for M-14 at 50 per box, 1 rocket launcher, 94 boxes of rocket launcher ammo at 6 rds per box, 2 BAR’s [Browning Automatic Rifle] and 5 Garand rifles.
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Kuomintang Sec. Gen. with Sen. Jose Roy.
Gov. [Carlos] Camacho of Guam.
Sen. [Helena] Benitez.
Sec. [Alejandro] Melchor [Jr.]
Com. [Baltazar] Aquino.
Speaker [Jose] Aldeguer.
Delegates.
Official Gazette for July 14, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS received Chen Pao, secretary-general of the Kuomintang Party of Nationalist China.
During their brief meeting, the President said that the landing of arms and ammunition in Palanan, Isabela, established the fact that the local communists are no longer an isolated indigenous group but part of an international conspiracy.
The President also requested the Kuomintang secretary-general to convey to President and Madame Chiang Kai-shek and their son his warm personal regards.
Chen Pao was accompanied by Ambassador Liu-Chi Y. C. Chen, director of the department of overseas affairs; and Chang Yu-sheng, deputy director of youth affairs of the Supreme Committee of the Kuomintang.
The President also received Governor Carlos G. Camacho of Guam who likewise paid his respects to the President following his arrival.
He was accompanied to Malacañang by Jose Q. Taitan and Kenneth Blasczyk, special assistants; Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor, Jr., and Ambassador Jose Estrada.
Other callers included Sen. Helena Z. Benitez, who submitted a report on her mission abroad. Senator Benitez arrived from Stockholm, Sweden where she attended the United Nations conference on human environments as well as from the People’s Republic of China.
Pressure of deal work prevented the President from attending the inauguration and blessing of the Asian Reinsurance building in Makati and the closing ceremonies of the National Science and Technology Week.
The President asked Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor, Jr. to deliver his speeches for both occasions.
In the evening, the President received Brig. Gen. Fidel Ramos, PC chief, who informed him that government troops captured the first NPA camp in Palanan, Isabela after a four-hour uphill trek by the troopers from the beach at Digoyo.
ECG [electrocardiogram] by Dits [Juanita] Zagala.