Have a TV-Radio interview at 4:00 PM on 1. The Relief and Rehabilitation work 2. The Progressive Car Manufacturing Program 3. Sen. Daniel Inouye (I mistakenly referred to him as from Japan but I later corrected myself 4. The exchange of military information with Indonesia with the visit of Gen. Maraden Panggabean. The Minister of State For Defense and Security and Vice Commander in Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces.
I announced the decision to sustain the BOI [Board of Investments] to have the five mining bidders Ford, Gen. Motors, Chrysler-Mitsubishi, Volkswagen and Toyota, there being no argument or evidence to alter the BOI decision. But any of them which does not comply with its proposal at any given year will be immediately disqualified that year.
AP [Associated Press] man Gil Santos will carry the story of the Indonesian government furnishing no information on Jose Maria Sison and the PKI (the Partai Komunista Indonesia), how Sison received direction, funds and support from Indonesia. Even the constitution of the New Communist Party of the Philippines was drafted or approved in Indonesia. Barki was the contact man.
We are working on the pine tree forest in Davao and Cotabato for pulp. It may be 300,000 hectares instead of 100,000.
And the long-fibered pulp may be good for rayon, not just newsprint.
And looking for marble in Tanay, Bulacan, Palawan and Mati. Even Marking Agustin, my tocayong balictad offered some marble in Tanay.
I enclose the papers for the interview in Envelope No. XXXIV-4.
11:10 PM September 3, 1972[1]
Sunday
Imee left by PAL [Philippine Airlines] for San Francisco and Monterrey’s Sta. Catalina School run by the Benedictine nuns. She will be coming back for the Christmas holidays.
She was in such a hurry that we did not give her any cash nor get her telephone number. But she should be able to manage.
Played golf with Gen. Maraden Panggabean, Indonesian Minister of State for Defense and Security and Vice Commander in Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces—at 6:30 PM—teeing off from across the Pasig on Tee No. 1. He lost first ball in the water and crossed on the second.
Amb. [Ramon] Monet Nolan brought me the sugar act of the U.S. which provides that in case of expropriation of American property without compensation, the sugar quota can be suspended or a $20 per ton levy imposed by the U.S. President. ·
I have called the sugar industry leaders to a conference on Wednesday.
Directed that the MIA [Manila International Airport] men (Customs, Gen. Man. Luis Tabuena and CAA [Civil Aviation Administration] Adm. [Jesus] Singson) stop the practice of allowing non-passengers to enter the area of the departing or arriving passengers. This because of a stowaway in one of the foreign planes and the complaint of the international pilots that we are not taking precaution against possible hijacking.
The propagandists of the communists—among them Sen. Ramon Mitra keep insisting that the terrorism and the bombings by the leftists and subversions are perpetrated by the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] to condition the people to martial law.
I told Gen. [Hans] Menzi today that the Bulletin News Editor, Antonio Zumel, is one of the three propagandists of the Communists. I told him that the two others are with Chronicle and Taliba (without mentioning [Ernesto] Granada and Fadol of those newspapers). He admitted that Zumel was a Red. I must reassign my aide, Lt. Col. Zumel his brother.
12:10 PM September 4, 1972[2]
Monday
The crewmembers of the Red Chinese ship “Anting” arrogantly refused to come and meet with me after I had met with the Ambassador Lim Cheh and his delegation of Nationalist China to receive 3½ tons of vegetable seeds.
This is indicative of the Red Chinese kind of manners and intentions. They send in P2½ million of relief goods through the Red Cross and then kick you in the face.
Before that I had refused to see Antonio Araneta, Alabado[?] Planas and the Chamber of Commerce accompanying them as they would use this for propaganda politics. And we end up with propaganda.
Charming manners! And more gentle politics!
This is the final proof of the need to do away with the Maoist Communists in the country.
Had lunch with the World Bank Team, [Parvez] Hassan, [Maurice] Dickerson and [Hendrick] Van Helden. We hope to get a single package for roads of $85-100 million in the form of long term loans.
Directed the disposal of surplus Virginia tobacco.
And talk to Tony and Rudy Martel on pulp, housing, steel and the economic atmosphere.
[Eduardo] Danding Cojuangco [Jr.] reports Commander Pusa [Benjamin Sanguyo] is in Manila on a mission.
I attach handwritten notes of informer.
Some M-14 guns from Palanan have reached Tarlac.
10:50 PM September 5[3], 1972[4]
Tuesday
NBC interview on Tasaday settlement and the new baby.
Closed the Malacañan Hospital for the calamity formally. Most doctors are from the V. Luna. Others are supposed to go to Vietnam. But I just stopped the sending of a Philcon [Philippine Contingent] to Vietnam.
Taught Irene how to use an Olympus automatic still camera and a Fujiya Super-8 movie camera. In the golf course, the dogs and horses.
Express photographers came to take a pictorial for my birthday. Early morning heavy thinking in pajamas and lounging robe, exercising on the running platform, rowing machine,, stationary bicycle with Bongbong; Irene calling me to lunch tickling my ear with a ______, receiving a painting and singing at the piano with Imelda; preparing the three books: 1. Modern Theories in Revolutionary Warfare 2. The Dilemma of the Third World (3) The History and Future of Asia.
Conference with Gen. [Fabian] Ver and others on the contingency plans. I place Gen. [Romeo] Espino and Sec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile’s report in Envelope No. XXXIV-U.
The [William] Pomeroy article on Phil. Maoists [claiming] Sen. [Benigno] Aquino [Jr.] is helping organize the NPA [New People’s Army], the Lopezes and [Joaquin] Roces helping the Maoists with [words?] and propaganda, the participation of the La Salle Brothers up to the printing of the communist paper “Ang Bayan,” the [Raul] Manglapus Christian Socialist Movement—is an eye opener. It is in the same envelope.
11:15 PM September 6, 1972[5]
Wednesday
Imee’s grades in O’Level in England is almost perfect. English Language—1; English Literature—1; Spanish—1; History (Foreign)—1; Economics—1; Geography—3; Biology—3; Art—2.
I attach the report.
The Concon [Constitutional Convention] voted down the ban Marcos resolution by l55 votes against 131. Some of those who pass as friends voted against us. Carlos Ledesma, [Edgardo] Angara (Johnny [Juan] Ponce Enrile’s partner). Tiling [Jose] Yulo [Jr.] [were] absent. Ditas [Mercedes] Teodoro and Elizabeth Chiongbian voted by teller but these were not recognized.
[Diosdado] Macapagal delivered a bitter vicious attack against us. So did [Napoleon] Rama. But Sotero Laurel and [Miguel] Cuaderno [Sr.] spoke in our favor.
14 were killed in the Israeli kidnapping by Arabs as the German police ambushed the Arabs and their hostages on the way to the airport.[6]
I have ordered our entire delegation [to the Munich Olympics] to be pulled out and denounced the senseless brutality.
Last night (8:30 PM) Joes Store in Carriedo was blown up by a time bomb of dynamite, killing one and wounding twenty two. I attach the report.
We lost one helicopter in Palanan, Isabela yesterday morning at 8:30 AM. It crashed into the sea because of engine failure. A Navy boat saved all the occupants. Only one (a co-pilot) was slightly injured.
Yesterday I told Rey Johnson of Caltex that the American businessmen are worried about their properties and profits while we, the Filipinos, are worried about national survival. Our lives are at stake.
The message I asked them to convey to their American bosses in business and government that we would like them to help us fight the communists. Otherwise we cannot help them.
This is the line we must follow.
9:10 PM September 7, 1972[7]
Thursday
Contingency Plans—
National Level
City of Manila Level
USAFIP, NL [United States Army Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon]—the first greeters in this year’s birthday.
They came to see me at 1:00 PM after all the visitors and gave me five books, three of [Herbert] Marcuse, one of The Kennedy Legacy by [Theodore] Sorensen.
In the morning I met with Mayor [Ramon] Bagatsing with his Chief of Police, Gen. [Gerardo] Tamayo, Deputy Chief, Col. [James] Barbers, Col. [Alfredo] Montoya, CO [Commanding Officer] of the Metrocom [Metropolitan Command], Dir. [Alejandro] Deleña, and Com. [Baltazar] Aquino as well as Deputy Com. [Juan] Agcaoili of the Budget Commission.
The police will in the event of a contingency attend to what may be merely a local peace and order problem, but the moment there is street fighting the police leave the streets and allow thc Metrocom and Gen. [Fabian] Ver’s forces to engage the enemy.
This will prevent mistake encounters between our own men and forces as happened in Malaysia and even now in Ireland.
Sec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile has just called me up to tell me that Sen. [Benigno] Aquino [Jr.] has asked to see him tonight on a matter of the highest urgency and of national importance.
I asked him to take security measures and to meet him only at a place of his choosing as Aquino is treacherous.
The afternoon I spent in finishing all papers needed for a possible proclamation of martial law; just in case it is necessary to do so.
[1] Official Gazette for September 3, 1972: THE PRESIDENT did not receive any callers and instead worked on official papers and other matters of state in his private study.
[2] Official Gazette for September 4, 1972: THE PRESIDENT conferred with rural development, animal industry, plant industry and fisheries officials on rehabilitation measures in flood-ravaged areas. During the conference, the President directed the release of P2 million for the rehabilitation of damaged crops and livestocks. He ordered that P200,000 of the P1 million earmarked for the Fisheries Commission be released immediately so that bangus frys for the replanting of fishponds destroyed “by the flood could be purchased soonest. The President asked the officials to submit their updated programs of rehabilitation and the required funding. Earlier in the morning, the President and the First Lady received a donation of three and a half tons of assorted vegetable seeds from the Republic of China. The President thanked the Chinese government and people for the donation, which will be used in the rehabilitation of destroyed agricultural crops. He likewise thanked the crew members of the People’s Republic of China relief ship “Anting” which brought in relief goods for the flood victims in Central Luzon. Officials of the relief ship—Capt. Chien Yung Chang, Political Commissar Wang Wai Chieu, and Purser Shy Kua Yung—were to have been. received by the President, upon representations of the Philippine National Red Cross with the Appointments Secretary, but they left before the appointed time apparently because they did not want to meet with a Nationalist Chinese group led by Ambassador Liu Chieh. In accepting the Nationalist Chinese seed donation, the President said that the aid is appreciated by the Filipino people, whether prejudiced by the flood or not. Accompanying Ambassador Liu Chieh when he turned over the seed donation were Capt. Yu Chengsiang and Chief Engineer Ju-Shen Chang of the Chinese ship Hai Tai, and ranking members of the Chinese embassy. At 12:30 p.m., the President had a luncheon conference with members of the economic mission of the World Bank, during which he presented a single package program on the financing by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development of the repair and reconstruction of 600 kilometers of roads destroyed by the recent floods. The World Bank officials were Parvez Hassan, Maurice Dickerson and Hendrick Van Helden. Others who met with the President in the course of the day included Commerce and Industry Secretary Troadio T. Quiazon, who informed him that the basic retail prices of sugar remain the same.
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[4] Official Gazette for September 5, 1972: THE PRESIDENT received the personnel of the Malacañang Emergency Hospital, whom he congratulated for their good work in healing the sick, mostly flood victims, who had sought treatment at the hospital which was established as part of the relief and rehabilitation efforts. Headed by Cdr. Artemio Pertiza, deputy commander and officer-in-charge of the hospital, and Maj. Jose Magsanoc, the hospital personnel paid their respects to the President and the First Lady. Toward noon, the President was interviewed by Gerald Green and Jack Reynolds, producer and Asia operations manager, respectively, of the National Broadcasting Corporation, on Philippine policy on cultural minorities. The NBC man also gave the President a picture of a Tasaday woman and her child, the first infant to be born since the discovery of the tribe. The group was accompanied to Malacañang by John E. Nance of the Associated Press. The rest of his working hours was spent on paper work.
[5] Official Gazette for September 6, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS conveyed the gratitude and Appreciation of the Filipino people and government to the mayor of Las Vegas and the governor of Nevada for their concern for the over 3,000 Filipinos living in that city. The President asked Mel Salazar, a wartime buddy in Bataan and Corregidor, and now president of the Filipino community in Las Vegas, to convey the messages to Mayor Oran Gregson and Governor Mike Callaghan. In paying his respects to the President, Salazar also showed the President plans for the proposed Philippine trade house in Las Vegas, and at the same time turned over his personal donation of P1,000 in cash for the flood victims. Salazar was accompanied by his wife, Trinidad. After Salazar’s call, the President received members of Congress who took up with him legislative matters, particularly the prospects of passage of administration measures, and local problems as well. In the course of his meeting with the solons, the President referred to the Board of Pardons and Parole the recommendation of the House committee on justice for an absolute pardon for Cesar Guy. The President informed Rep. Joaquin Chipeco, Jr. of Laguna, committee chairman, who brought the recommendation signed by all the members of the committee, except one who was out of town, that he could not extend executive clemency except upon recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Parole. Upon representations made by Rep. Chipeco, the President likewise ordered the Philippine. National Railways to construct a spur that would connect the squatter resettlement area in San Pedro, Laguna to the main railroad line. Rep. Chipeco said that the squatters had refused to settle, down there because of the lack of means of transportation to their places of work. Among those who called on the President were Rep. Jose Puyat, Jr. of Surigao del Sur who brought with him the municipal officials of Manhatag, including- the mayor, vice mayor and nine councilors who formally affiliated with the Nacionalista Party before the President Reps. Jose Aspiras and Joaquin Ortega of La Union who accompanied a 20-man delegation headed by Gov. Juvenal Guerrero; Reps. Roberto Estrella and Antonio Villar of Pangasinan; Jose Leido, Jr. of Mindoro Oriental; Pedro Medalla of Mindoro Occidental; Romulo Lumauig of Ifugao; Lamberto Macias of Oriental Negros; Andres Cosalan of Benguet; Antonio Diaz of Zambales; Leopoldo Diaz of Nueva Ecija; Lucas Cauton of Ilocos Sur; Manuel Zosa and Emerito Calderon of Cebu; and Carlos Imperial of Albay. In the course of the day, the President submitted to the Commission on Appointments for confirmation the nominations of 34 individuals to various posts in the government. Heading the list of nominees were Hon. Carlos Faustiuo, as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary; and Rodolfo A. Nocon, as chief state prosecutor of the Department of Justice. Among other actions, the President issued the following statement in connection with the death of Israeli athletes in Munich: “As members of the human family, we are outraged by these violent and senseless deaths in Munich. This violence sets back the quest for unity and brotherhood to which all sporting nations participating in the Olympiad have dedicated the ideals of their youths. We vigorously condemn this violence, and as an expression of our outrage, I am asking the Philippine delegation to the Olympic games to stop all participation in the games and to immediately return home.” The President likewise sent a message of sympathy to Prime Minister Golda Meir of Israel.
[6] During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich a group of eight Palestinian terrorists entered the dormitories, took Israeli athletes hostage , and demanded the release of 200 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Due to the ill-executed rescue attempt by the German police all 11 Israeli athletes were killed together with one German policeman. Five of the eight terrorists were killed and the three survivors were later released in exchange for the lives of a hijacked Lufthansa aircraft.
[7] Official Gazette for September 7, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS conferred with Mayor Ramon D. Bagatsing of Manila on problems affecting the city, particularly the rehabilitation of roads and dredging of esteros, and the threat to peace and order. During the meeting, the President appealed to Mayor Bagatsing to cooperate actively with the national government in the repair of city roads and streets, and the dredging of esteros by taking the initiative in clearing the esteros of squatters. The President also asked Mayor Bagatsing to get rid of garbage collectors who collect cum shaw from city residents. On the peace and order situation, the President counseled the people not to panic because the national and local governments are cooperating and adopting contingency plans to meet any eventuality and to protect the lives and property of the people. Noting the increasing intensity of provocations against the citizenry, the President said “we cannot tolerate such a situation, but it is not necessary for us or the citizenry to panic.” Explaining the contingency plan, the President said this is the plan the local government will adopt in the event that they felt they could no longer meet the threat on their own and had to call on the METRO-COM, the national government and the national defense secretary for aid. Present at the conference were Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, Director Jolly Bugarin of the National Bureau of Investigation, Col. Alfredo Montoya, chief of the Metropolitan Police Command; Brig. Gen. Gerardo Tamayo and Col. James Barbers, chief and deputy chief, respectively, of the Manila Metropolitan Police, Public Works Director Alejandro Delena, Highways Commissioner Baltazar Aquino and Deputy Budget Commissioner Juan Agcaoili. Earlier in the day, the President was serenaded by his wartime buddies in the United States Armed Forces in the Pacific—Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL), who presented him with five books as gift on his 55th birthday on September 11. Headed by Rep. Joaquin Ortega and Governor Juvenal K. Guerrero of La Union, the President’s fellow guerrillas, who were the first to serenade him on his birthday, presented him with books entitled Marcuse Negations, Marcuse Five Lectures, Marcuse, an Essay on Liberation; The Nation Is Burdened, and The Kennedy Legacy. The President thanked his friends for their thoughtfulness: Among those who called on the President were Brig. Gen. Segundo Velasco, Justice Undersecretary Ramon Fernandez, Commodore Santiago Nuval, Election Commissioner Lino Patajo, President Esteban Cabanos of the Philippine Veterans Bank, former Governor Godofredo Reyes of Ilocos Sur and Atty. Ramon Encarnacion. In the evening, the President had an interview with newsmen covering Malacañang.