[p.85] Spent practically the whole day attending to the problems of the Tondo forshore land slum dwellers. They ask for the land reclaimed from the sea at North Harbor. Last year I gave P350,000 to the Bureau of Lands in their presence to spend for the survey and...
1970
February 15, 1970
[p.84] Was guest of honor of the convention for the merger of the two biggest labor unions, the PLC [Philippine Labor Cener] of [Roberto] Bert Oca and the PTUC [Philippine Trade Unions Congress] of Pedro Fernandez at 4:00 PM at the GSIS [Government Service Insurance...
February 14, 1970
[p.82] [Eleuterio] Adevoso’s group has postponed its meeting set Wednesday. They must smell something. But de Leon says the barracks in this secret training place in Northern Samar is so camouflaged that it cannot be seen from the air. It is a long building roofed...
February 13, 1970
[p.81] Col. [Fabian] Ver reports that de Leon has just come back from Samar where the men of [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.] numbering about 300 are training with an American among them. We must find out if this is Larry Trackman. De Leon brought two samples of home-made...
February 12, 1970
[p.79] Against predictions of violence, the Plaza Miranda rally turns out to be peaceful. Some of the leaders shouted for the crowd to go to Malacañang but the crowd would not follow. But the KM [Kabataang Makabayan] and SDK [Samahan ng Demokratikong Kabataan]...
February 11, 1970
Official Gazette for February 11, 1970: President Marcos continued to carry on an increasingly substantive dialogue with student leaders, when he conferred with a representative group in Malacañang for about an hour. The leaders of the National Union of Students of...
February 10, 1970
Official Gazette for February 10, 1970: President Marcos was busy all day with state matters, conferences and visitors, making a fuller day than usual, topped late in the afternoon with a merienda with student and labor leaders. In the morning, he received former...
February 9, 1970
[p.73] I write this as I wait for a visitor who will inform us of all the conspiracy going on behind the Liberal Party. [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.] has just delivered a privilege speech in the Senate denying his connection with the demonstrations and the riots and rehashing...
February 8, 1970
[p.72] I have sworn in the new cabinet members [see footnote] during my speech before the Constitutional Convention members during the cocktail for them at 5:00 PM at the reception hall except for the new Executive Secretary, Alex [Alejandro] Melchor [Jr.], whom I...
February 7, 1970
[p.70] Met [Henry] Byroade who says we can pick up the tear gas next Monday. The dye will be forthcoming and he hopes he can divert to the Philippines three helicopters for Vietnam and two for Thailand. He says he has to fight the Vietnam priority. Tonight I also met...