Wednesday
Breakfast for Mr. Kearns, President of the Export-Import Bank.
MIA [Manila International airport]
Copper-smelting
The Phil. Legion of Honor for Rear Admiral George Muse, CINCPAC [Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet] representative and Commander of the US Naval Forces in the Philippines.
League of Women Voters—Lunch.
Review of the oil leases bidding.
Development of the Free Trade Zone on a turn-key basis.
11:00 PM April 6, 1972[1]
Thursday
The Indonesian Communist Party apparently financed the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines) led by Jose Maria Sison, as far back as 1962.
J.V. Cruz received $45,000 to support the communist party line in column.
These are revealed in the documents that came from the Indonesian government and assessed by Greg Perez whom 1 assigned to NICA [National Intelligence Coordinating Agency].
I place his report in Envelope XVII-B.
[Antonio] Tony Raquiza has asked that financial support of P45,000 be given the Traditionalist Communist for their May 1st demonstration in support of Trade and Diplomatic relations with Communist countries.
I attach the votes sent in XVII-B. Also in the same envelope are Ambassador [Henry] Byroade’s reports to me on the Vietnam war with the North Vietnamese apparently engaged in a successful massive invasion of South Vietnam.
Dr. Kilwarx, the author of the study on the Philippines on Strategic Studies who is also an intelligence agent feels that in two years the North Vietnamese will take over South Vietnam.
Ambassador [James] Ingram of Australia sent me a book on Urban Guerrilla by Moss. He has been sending me materials ever since I mentioned I was writing a book on the subject.
I signed the reservation for the Tasadays this morning. Gen. [Charles] Lindbergh had left.
Sen. Pres. [Gil] Puyat is acting like he wants to run for President in 1973. He has begun to criticize me behind my back. Like a good Pampango, he is friendly when I am around.
11:30 PM April 7, 1972[2]
Friday
Russ Volckman, Bob Blackburn and their wives arrived today for Bataan’s 30th anniversary.
Played golf with Russ and his wife, Helen at [Bahay] Pangarap at 5:00 PM.
[Benigno] Benny Toda [Jr.] asks for help. But Caltex has already taken over the 74% of the PAL [Philippine Airlines] shares as subrogee from FNCB.
He proposes to dispose of his half of it. I told him I could not help him and would wait for Caltex to act.
Met with the Lucmans tonight (Gov. Tarhata Alonto Lucman and Ex. Cong. Raschid Lucman). I asked them to help on the Muslim question and I would help them on the releases of funds for Lanao del Sur.
At 10:00 AM I opened the celebration of the World Heart Foundation under the Phil. Cardiological Society, Phil. Heart Asso. and WHO [World Health Organization].
[1] Official Gazette for April 6, 1972: WITH only one scheduled appointment for the day, President Marcos was closeted most of the time in his study going over state papers. He has to lay aside his desk work occasionally to attend to unscheduled callers who consulted him on local problems. In the afternoon, the President signed a proclamation reserving 19,247 hectares in Mt. Busa, Surallah and Kiamba, South Cotabato, on which members of the Manobo Blit and Tasaday tribes may set up settlements. The President also announced the reappointment of Manuel Elizalde, Jr. as presidential assistant for cultural minorities (PANAMIN) and his personal representative in the implementation of the twin policy of integration and conservation. Present at the signing of the proclamation were the First Lady, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, Justice Secretary Vicente Abad Santos, Senator Ernesto M. Maceda, Reps. Joaquin Roces of Manila, Eduardo Cojuangco of Tarlac, and Pedro Medalla of Mindoro Occidental; Governors Teresa Dupaya of Cagayan and Carlos Cajelo of Cotabato, and PHHC Director Jose Guerrero.
[2] Official Gazette for April 7, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS motored to the San Miguel auditorium at about midmorning to speak before the joint celebration of World Heart Month and the 20th anniversary of the Philippine Heart Association, which was co-sponsored by the Philippine College of Cardiology. In his speech, the President warned against heart ailments becoming a major deterrent to progress and called on the private sector, particularly the medical profession, to help in combatting this dreaded disease. The President pointed out that although heart ailments rank as the number four killer in the country, it is the most destructive because its victims are the executive and leader class, the idea men in the “think tanks,” the implementing groups who keep the nation on the move. He said that unless utmost efforts are exerted to fight this disease, it will become “one of the principal deterrents to progress.” The President deplored the uneven distribution of the benefits of medical research, pointing out that a Manila resident who has funds can get treatment in a first class hospital while a barrio councilman in Palanan, Isabela, for instance, where there is no doctor could never benefit from medicine. The President recalled with gratitude the visit of 400 doctors, nurses and technicians from Makati to Tacloban where they rendered free medical assistance to the poor fishermen and farmers for two weeks. The President said the country had entered the stage when “we have got to fall back on the dedication, benevolence, generosity and patriotism of the privileged who have much to share their countrymen.” At mid-morning, the President started receiving callers, among whom were: 1) Spanish Ambassador Nicolas Martin Alonso who accompanied Captain Ricardo Vallespin Raurell, skipper of the Spanish training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano which docked at South Harbor’s Pier 15. The President expressed the hope that Raurell and his crew will find their eight-day goodwill visit “as pleasant as the visit of the First Lady to Spain.” 2) Brigadier Generals Russel Volckmann and Donald Blackburn and their wives who paid a surprise courtesy call on the President and the First Lady. Volckmann was the commanding officer of the famed Northern Luzon guerillas, the so-called USAFIP-NL, with which President Marcos served. Blackburn also served with the USAFIP-NL as commanding officer of the 11th infantry. 3) Secretary Adrian Cristobal of the Department of Labor and members of the Labor Management Advisory Council who invited the President to speak on “labor-management relations in the 70’s” at the-Ramon Magsaysay building on April 21. 4) Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor, Jr. and the officers of the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association who were inducted by the President. Melchor, who heads the PMAAA, told the President that one of the objectives of the association is “the return of dignity to the soldiers,” The President said that “we should have a listing of what the soldiers want in the army and then listen to what they want.” 5) Governor Alfredo Montelibano, Jr., Rep. Agustin Gatuslao, and Mayor Pedro Yulo of Negros Occidental who invited the President to the fourth centennial anniversary of Binalbagan City on May 15. 6) Rep. Carmelo Barbero and members of the Abra provincial board who discussed with the President local problems. Those who conferred privately with the President were Senator Ernesto Maceda and Jovito Rivera.