Just finished the dinner that we gave for Gen. [Abdul Haris] and Mrs. [Johanna] Nasution at the State Dining Room. In the toast I referred to him as youth leader in 1945 in Bandung, revolutionary leader, former Chief of Staff and Minister of Defense, author of the Standard text on Guerilla Warfare translated with his permission in Cairo and in other parts of the world (I did not mention it but I referred to the Pentagon) without his permission. He comes from Batac, Northern Sumatra and I come from Batac, Ilocos Norte.
I had occasion to talk to Madame Nasution and she told me that when the Jakariki (Sukarno’s Palace Guards) came to get Gen. Nasution, it was 4:00 o’clock in the morning and she confronted the men when she opened her bedroom door, closed it when she realized that the guards had entered their house but her sister in law with her daughter opened it again and the three soldiers outside fired at them and shot the daughter. At this time Gen. Nasution escaped to the back jumped over their wall to the garden of the Iraq Embassy where he hid until the brothers of Madame Nasution come to their house with help at about 6:00 AM. The Navy Commander took him out to a safe place.
However, three days before this, they had been expecting something like this to happen as the speeches of Sukarno and the other leaders were indicative of their plans.
So they failed to take precaution and did not or could not fight back.
Mrs. Nasution stayed behind with her children and brought the wounded child aged 5½ years to a military hospital where she died after five days having been shot through the right abdomen.
Official Gazette for April 13, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS concentrated mostly on desk work, receiving a few government officials only, who called at Malacañang for consultations.
Among other actions taken by the President in the morning was the submission to the Commission on Appointments for confirmation of the nominations of Eduardo Rodriguez as administrator of the Office of Economic Coordination and three others for municipal judges.
Nominated to judicial posts were:
1. Romulo S. Sasondoncillo, as municipal judge of Pakil, Laguna;
2. Ceriaco A. Sumaya, as municipal judge of Famy, Laguna; and
3. Norberto T. Hebayan, as municipal judge of Maslog, Eastern Samar.
Rodriguez has been acting OEC administrator for seven months.
Early in the afternoon, following allegations made by Rep. Salipada Pendatun on the floor of the House of Representatives, to the effect that Muslims in Cotabato were being killed, and their houses being burned, no longer by fanatics, but by uniformed PC men, the President directed National Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile to create a Board of Inquiry composed of three (3) officers to inquire into the charges.
In view of conflicting reports, however, the President directed Secretary Enrile to give all those who might be cited for the alleged abuses a chance to present their side, giving them the assistance of counsel if necessary.
In the evening, the President and the First Lady, Imelda R. Marcos, tendered a formal dinner in Malacañang in honor of General and Mrs. Abdul Haris Nasution.
Last night while I was talking to Gen. Nasution, the KM [Kabataang Makabayan], SDK [Samahan ng Demokratikong Kabataan] and other radical groups held a demonstration outside the gates of Malacañang at Freedom Park, burned my effigy for allegedly being responsible for the kidnapping and killing of KM Secretary General Carlos del Rosario (said to have been taken by government agents), threw large molotov bombs on the Malacañang grounds shaking the State Dining Room and firing rockets which fell over the palace into the Pasig river.
The Metrocom [Metropolitan Command] drove them away and in the process of arresting some, I am afraid, roughed them up.
This morning after 12:00 o’clock, about 32 radicals invaded the session hall of the House of Representatives, practically stopped the session which Speaker [Cornelio] Villareal was presiding took over the mike at the far end of the hall and started haranguing the congressmen on where the P26 million was (this refers to the amount of deficit of the House under Speaker [Jose B.] Laurel in the year 1969-1970 which I had to cover with savings of the executive department).
The Liberals senators are allegedly angry at Sen. Pres. [Gil] Puyat for his statement that the three reelectionist senators of the NP [Nacionalista Party], [Alejandro] Almendras, [Dominador] Aytona and [Eva Estrada] Kalaw were not running as Nacionalistas but under the Liberal Party. The three senators are also feeling rejected. And the Nacionalistas are not too happy either. So there is a move to unseat him as Senate President.
Worked on the guidelines for car manufacturing, the 4th priority Investment list and the export list.
Met Gen. [Eulogio] Balao and Repacom [Reparations Commission] Chairman [Anacleto] Mangaser on the 16th year schedule of reparations.
Am studying the replacements of [Jose S.] Laurel [III] in Tokyo, [Ernesto] Lagdameo in Washington and [Luis] Gonzalez in Madrid as ambassadors.
Had an electrocardiograph taken this morning and this afternoon after exercise because of some pain in the region of the heart. But it turned out to be muscular fatigue of the pectoralis because of too much exercise yesterday.
The children are busy preparing to leave for London tomorrow at 1:00 PM via Hongkong and Rome.