[p.16] The Afghanistan ambassador based in Tokyo presented his credentials at 9:00 AM. Constitutional monarchy of 17 million, it has Red China to the East, and Russia to the North and West and a birth rate of 1.7% “like Japan.” Tried to convince Jocelyn Campos not to...

[p.18] Have just decided to appoint Greg[orio] Licaros as Central Bank Governor.[1] When I told [Eduardo] Danding Romualdez [Jr.] and Bobby [Roberto] Benedicto of this, Danding suggested I appoint Deputy Gov. [Amado] Briñas as Acting Governor instead. Danding seems to...

[p.14] Open House—formal diplomatic toast—National interest does not prevent us to remember we are one world and one humanity. We have many difficulties on the Marcos Foundation because we have to make an inventory valuation and consider the legitimes of the...

[p.5] Some people asked me why I have given away my earthly possessions. I invariably answered that I did not need them but that the people did. But I have been asking myself why has the world become so vile, so materialistic, so dirty. All is pragmatism, selfish and...

[p.8] Ex-President [Diosdado] Macapagal, who is visiting in Singapore, says that he is shocked by the news that there is supposed to be a secret agreement for the Sabah claim to be relinquished by the Philippines after the resumption of the diplomatic relations. There...

I start a daily written record of my second term in office as President. This will be kept in loose-leaf so that all kinds of materials may be attached to the binder. Thus the background should be a treatise on the elections of 1969. This will be composed of my...

[p.3[ Mrs. Agnew left this morning to join VP Agnew at Taipeh. Meldy had breakfast with her—7:30—she was not awake so she (Meldy) waited for 8:30 AM. Last Dec. 29, 1969 when I was playing golf, two sausage twin-rotor engine Navy (US) helicopters for VP [Spiro] Agnew...

2:30 AM Actually written on the new year 1971 I am reviewing the contingency plan for the proclamation of martial law if the occasion demands it. This is OPLAN Bukang Liwayway. As we were gathered to await the new year, I was a little sad that I and all these...

The critical question of a bold and strong leadership to meet the threat of anarchy and a daring attempt to create a revolutionary situation has come up again. This was triggered by the bold raid by Lt. [Victor] Corpus of the PMA [Philippine Military Academy] armory...

A 1st Lt. Victor Corpus, a PMA [Philippine Military Academy] graduate but a leftist who had been under the influence of [Dante C.] Simbulan (another PMA graduate but a Red) at 1725 hrs. while incoming as officer of the day at PMA hogtied the armorer and two guards and...