1970

May 14, 1970

Bongbong shot his first deer at Liwan, Kalinga-Apayao at about 11:30 AM in a drive and I suppose behind a blind. He must have used his light .223 Steyr-Daimler-Machlicher bolt-action hunting rifle which I bought him in San Francisco last March 1969 when we went to...

May 13, 1970

Imelda has put her foot down and does not allow me to take a plane to go to Cagayan. So Bongbong goes alone to a hunt at Liwan, Kalinga-Apayao at the hacienda of the Gonzales and Congressman David Puzon. It will be ducks, fishing and a big drive with the hunters...

May 12, 1970

Am waiting for the family to arrive from dinner at the Tokyo Restaurant, a one-door affair but with good Japanese food. I was proceeding there at 10:00 PM when the radio said they were already bringing home Mrs. [Lulu] Tinio who is apparently giving the party for the...

May 11, 1970

Met Ambassador [Henry] Byroade on Cambodia. He showed me the latest dispatches from American sources. And it is certain that the Americans and S. Vietnamese have destroyed plenty of ammunition, guns, supplies, communications and Official Gazette for May 11, 1970:...

May 10, 1970

Imelda has arrived. Malacañang was a haunted lonely place without the family. She arrived at 7:30 PM. Went to meet her in black tie and white dinner jacket then to the Cultural Center for Fiddler on the Roof. And it was a revelation. As the children who saw it for the...

May 9, 1970

Have to write this early as I am meeting with the oil people to finalize the agreement on the following options: Pull back or roll back of gas prices or Trust fund of P5 million I will insist that if the level of the rate of the peso goes down from P6.00 to the...

May 8, 1970

Actually written 9:30 AM May 9, 1970 as I had a conference until 12:30 AM Exercised hard (as usual 17 minutes of fast jogging, 50 sit-ups for the abdominal muscles, bicep fast free hand curl 100-200 times, 50 times knee-bends, push-ups between two chairs, 20 times,...

May 7, 1970

I am now in Malacañang as I had to hurry back to meet Dr. Sani, representative of Indonesia, who was sent to impress upon me the need for Sec. [Carlos] Romulo to attend the Djakarta conference called by Foreign Minister Adam Malik of South East Asian or rather Asian...

May 6, 1970

We are off the coast of southern Cotabato and will be docking at 5:00 AM to leave for the Dole Pineapple plantation for golf at 6:00 AM. Tee-off time is 7:00 AM. We go to the airfield, an hour’s drive away at 10:00 AM. I take off not later than 11:30 AM for Manila as...

May 5, 1970

Written on May 6 11:55 PM I write this on the 6th as we went to bed at 2:00 PM last night after a futile hunt for wild boar until 11:30 PM. We had decided to postpone our trip by twelve hours as we could hunt only in the evening. Father Andrew Chalkey, (Sibutu Notre...