Thursday
[p.19] I have ordered a study in depth of all our efforts of counter-insurgency, economic development, social reform as well as military action.
The civilian agents must be disbanded but the Barrio Home Defense Force should be strengthened to stop the expansion of the Huks and the New People’s Army.
Emergency plan by phases—compartmentalized, in the event of massive sabotage, terrorism and infiltration. Counter-action by pre-assigned units and officers and men.
Lifted the limitation of flights of foreign carriers from Japan for one year but Pan Am must spend $1 million to promote the route and build its own terminal.
No more need for transit visas.
Development of the Manila tourist belt. Central Bank—P200,000, police security for tourists including certification of taxicab companies, Tagaytay, Corregidor, Bataan, Pagsanjan—Navy hydrofoil to Corregidor and Bataan run.
Will ask the tourist and business community to talk to the publishers to tone down on crime.[1]
As of today, loans will again be allowed for mining and new export industries.
Speaker [Jose B.] Laurel and Senate Pres. [Gil] Puyat ask for support for their respective candidates.
The Lopezes as I predicted are starting to plot against me. Iñing [Eugenio] Lopez [Sr.] has recovered enough from hypoglycemia to order their Manila Chronicle to attack me and the Marcos Foundation.
MALACAÑANG
[1] Manila Chronicle 9 Jan . 1970 front page report on FM Rotary speech where he criticized the P ress for blaming government for all the ills in the country : “When I was young my father always told me never to believe two sources of news: one, women and the other newspapers…that was in the past…now I follow women when they give the right advice. On second thought that sentence, I follow women, doesn’t sound very good ah, for the president anyway.” He gave as e xample s the leak on Laurel-Langley agreement reporting that US rejected special preferences but there has been no official word from Washington, and projection of P1billion deficit this fiscal year.