Guest House
When I was approaching Green No. 12 (we started at Hole No. 10) Paoay Lake Golf Course, I received the call to go back to the house at Paoay Lake to receive the telephone call of Sen. [Daniel] Inouye for which I had delayed my trip back to Manila.
In short he said that “your 1979 year will be a Happy Year.”
He had talked to Sec. Cyrus Vance, Sec. Harold Brown and Asst. State Sec. Richard Holbroke who could not believe that the negotiations were coming to a close successfully except for the economic assistance funds.
And they were going to see Pres. [James] Carter to recommend acceptance of our request. So Sen. Inouye had no doubt it will be approved.
But a word of caution that Amb. [Richard] Murphy did not know of this intervention at all.
So, at last we will finalize the bases treaty amendments!!