I have the highest hopes for the Magalang Project to raise the standard of living of the peasants in Central Luzon. I will build infrastructures for them with the veterans of PHILCAG [Philippine Civic Action Group]. I will protect them with the Home Defense Forces....

I have just come from Rizal Stadium where I opened the Asian Football Youth Tournament. There are 16 competing teams and the Tunku Abdul Ra[h]man cup is at stake. Our team tied with Laos in a fast-paced game that saw the Laotians ahead at 2-1 at 4 minutes to the end...

Told Sec. Juan Ponce Enrile at breakfast we should now implement the following plans: Sow dissension in the ranks of the Huks by: a. Revealing the letters of Dante [Bernabe Buscayno] and Sumulong [Faustino del Mundo] against each other and the acts of one band against...

Wood Industries Chamber Induction—Requested them to help obtain the data of actual trees replanted and trees cut and to set up an amelioration fund like that of the sugar industry. Basa Shoes asking for loans because of the fire. Mayor, VM [Vice Mayor] and Councilors...

8:00 AM—Reorganizing by integrating the Intelligence of the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines]. Signed the order I dictated two months ago. 9:00 AM—Resumé of the situation in the Philippines, pp. 158-164 of this diary. 9:30 AM—Reassessment of the economic...

An earthquake of Intensity V has forced us to transfer quarters temporarily to [Bahay] Pangarap, our one strong clubhouse or resthouse at the Malacañang Park at the other side of the Pasig [River]. Papers in possession of the Romualdezes indicate that Malacañang Park...

Have just finished the state dinner for the One Asia Assembly delegates. Pleasant evening. Spoke before them this morning on the New Directions for Asia; that “unless by One Asia we mean a Communist Asia, exported war is a reality. And for some time to come, exported...

Have just met with Minister Adam Malik of Indonesia after the state dinner for U[N] Sec. Gen. U Thant. Foreign Minister [Sinnathamby] Rajaratman of Singapore also here. Warned him of [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.] and his partner Larry Truckman who has a lurid past of gun...

Just played golf with Bobby [Roberto Benedicto] and massage. Then a briefing by Col. [Fabian] Ver on the [Eleuterio] Adevoso plot on a coup d’etat. All team leaders for the kidnapping or assassination of [Ernesto] Maceda, [Vicente] Raval, [Roque] Ablan [Jr.], [Floro]...

Official Gazette for April 8, 1970: PRESIDENT MARCOS arrived early in the afternoon after five days in the provinces, where he conferred with officials and assessed for himself conditions there. His focus Was Mindanao, where he officiated at public functions,...