Official Gazette for November 25, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS conferred with Secretary of National Defense Efren I. Plana on the killings in Lanao del Norte. During the conference, the President ordered a thorough reassessment of the entire concept of military operations...

There is a deficiency of materials on the Strategy for Development—because I am developing the theory that monetary policy determines economic development to a degree greater than we usually admit. Thus the import-oriented economy of the Philippines arose out of the...

Official Gazette for November 23, 1971: President Marcos received the letters of credence of Ambassador Abdul Aziz Farooq of Pakistan, who replaced Ambassador Khurram Khan Panni. In accepting the envoy’s credentials, the President said “we in the Philippines are fully...

Settled the threat of continued tensions of Ilocos Sur by calling the governor (Carmeling Crisologo) and her opponent with the two candidates for Vigan Mayor, the Governor’s son, Vicente and Evaristo Singson. Hysterical telephone calls from Lanao (Iligan) from Vice...

I am all alone in the palace as Imelda has left for Leyte by boat, The Liberals are imposing all kinds of conditions for their supposed cooperation but Official Gazette for November 21, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS had no scheduled callers. Instead he focused on urgent desk...

The Foreign Policy Council was well attended. Pres. [Diosdado] Macapagal, Sen. Gerardo Roxas, Sen. [Lorenzo] Tañada, Cong. Salipada Pendatun, Delegate Raul Manglapus, Delegate [Felino] Neri, Sen. Pres. [Gil] Puyat, Speaker [Cornelio] Villareal, Chino [Joaquin] Roces,...

1:00 AM November 20, 1971 We have just come back from the Cultural Center where we saw the opera Aida which was presented by the Cultural Center and the Music Foundation of the Philippines. I attach the program. Official Gazette for November 19, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS...

We (Imelda and I) attended the President’s Night at MOPC [Manila Overseas Press Club],.My speech and papers for the Open Forum are in Envelope No. XI-P. Worked with Gens. [Manuel] Yan, [Romeo] Espino, [Eduardo] Garcia, [Mariano] Ordoñez, [Fidel] Ramos and [Fabian] Ver...

We have just come from the Nayong Pilipino on the Awarding Ceremonies. “Comfrey,” the new vegetable from Ukraine and Japan via the Sucat farms of Sanvictores and Johnny Ferrer, guaranteed to stop the aging process and to lower blood pressure. “The fundamental unity of...

I am convinced that the communists will try and take the government before 1973. Chino [Joaquin] Roces also confirmed this in a conversation with the other publishers yesterday morning. This was reported by Hans Menzi last night. Hans Menzi also reports that this...