Written at 11:30 PM
April 30th, Monday
upon arrival from Talaga Bay
with Irene
Outing with the ADB [Asian Development Bank] Board of Governor’s delegations to Corregidor (Dr. Okita and Japanese Amb. [Toshio] Urabe with Japanese delegation went by helicopter to the Export Processing Zone) and Talaga Bay where we skied (skied from the 777 direct) and swam, took lunch and left at about 2:30 PM.
Dancing on the way back.
At night I VTR’ed the Labor Day speech after working out the organization of a Strike Force by Harun Usman in Parang, Indanan, Maimbung etc. area is the [Emmanuel-Samaban?] Tayungan Strike Force of 150 men may have control of the Luuk area and environs only.
Gov. Murphy Sangkula and Cong. Indanan Anni are not capable of organizing effectively and fighting against the rebels. In fact Gov. Sangkula has not paid the Strike Force and he has been given about P247,000 (Two Hundred Forty Seven Thousand Pesos). He may have pocketed the money. Typical of some of the Muslim leaders.
Mayor Barley [Aminkadra] Abubakar of Jolo is furnishing the rebels with food and other supplies because his son, Nizam, a Moaist, is the leader of about 200 rebels occupying the Maimbung area. Nor as Mayor Abubakar organized a Self-Defense Force.
We may have to arrest these Muslim leaders when we have seven battalions to operate in Jolo. In the meantime we organize the Strike Forces and temporize.
We send Gen. [Jose] Rancudo of Air Force to meet with the Ustadts and Ulanas of Jolo on Thursday after Air Force Day on Wednesday. We hope to get their support.
Also met the Mitsubishi and Nishio [Iwag?] Executives with Tito Yulo after the Saturday ground breaking of their P40 million Auto Transmission Plant n Canlubang.
And the PNB [Philippine National Bank] Domingo as well as Caltex.
Too tired and muscle-sore (as well as suffering from abdominal pains and diarrhea).
Slept on board the 777.
No Official Gazette entry for this day.