The negotiations in Baguio on the military bases started today.
Cordial and even tempered.
The U.S. panel did not seek postponement as we expected.
They have agreed on a listing of issues with sovereignty 1st, it not being contested by the U.S. even in their proposed agreement.
The People’s Republic of China has just repeated a claim to the Reed Bank Drilling Area of the Philippines. And I have directed the DFA [Department of Foreign Affairs] to reply cautiously and diplomatically. I dictated it.
I attach the memo report in the Express.
No Official Gazette entry for this day.