Calamity Workers Golf Tournament—
Bongbong arrived early this morning at about 3:40 AM from his date with the Veloso girls (he has been frank with me about what he does on his dates).
We slept with Irene at her room, putting the two beds in her room together, because she cannot sleep in our room.
Then brought Irene to the airport to take at 5:00 the KLM [Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij – Royal Dutch Airlines] jumbo jet for Amsterdam and London. Lucy accompanied her. Alberting [Alberto] and Cobadonga [sic] [Covandonga] Romualddez were in the same plane. Dits Adriano took the plane too, apparently to accompany her.
Sec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile and I finished the materials for any possible proclamation of martial law 6:00-7:30 PM. Then TV-Radio Interview by KBS [Kanlaon Broadcasting System] Rey Pedroche and Emil Jurado 8-9:00 PM.
Interview by the Daily Express Marita Manuel, Tibo Mijares and George _____[?]_.
Dinner while viewing our basketball team being trounced by Russia. Some of the Russians are 7 ft. 1½ inches tall. Our tallest, [Jaime] Mariano is 6’4”.
Then conferred with [Valeriano?] Bueno.
And movies with the guests at the State Dining Room to assuage us in our loneliness as we miss Irene. And Bongbong is out on a date with a Cecilia Revilla.
Official Gazette for September 9, 1972: THE PRESIDENT constituted a Philippine panel to negotiate a ₱4million loan with New Zealand for the development of the geothermal energy in Leyte.
With Chairman and General Manager Ramon Ravanzo of the National power Corporation, as chairman, the others named to the panel were Leyte Governor Benjamin Romualdez, Commissioner Arturo Alcaraz of Volcanology, B. G. Villavicencio of the National Economic Council, and Roque Sorio so, chairman of the committee created to study the development and utilization of geothermal.
Among other actions, the President extended executive clemency to 381 prisoners on the occasion of his 55th birth anniversary, upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Parole.
The rest of the President’s working hours were spent on paper work.