Saturday Again a sore throat and a cold. I called a conference of doctors including Director [Gabriel] Carreon of the PGH, Dr. Yap, Dr. Canto (in the morning) and Dr. [Juanita] Zagala on why my resistance has gone down. Probably the fact that my cholesterol has...

Praised the Sto. Niño at the balcony. Then mass on steps of Maharlika. And the great multitude was crying as the procession waded through mud and water Recto Ave., Dagupan (past Rizal Avenue) Sande, then to the church. People joined the procession, lined the streets...

Tired from the National Disaster Control Council at Fort Aguinaldo. Left Palace at 3:10 PM in a huge bus and arrived 4:00 PM. Meeting up to 7:00 PM. TV and Radio interview up to 7:45 PM. I attach papers. Water in Sta. Mesa waist-high.

The four teams of the 4th IB [Infantry Battalion] led by Lt. Santos captured 100 M-14 rifles and 30 boxes of ammunition (7.62) as of 1840 today. I suspect that the insurgents were able to carry out anywhere from 200 to 400 rifles and 20,000 rounds of ammunition...

Saturday Left by helicopter from Clark Air Force Base at 10:30 and arrived at Lingayen at 11:10 AM. Left Manila by Fokker at about 9:00 AM for Basa Air Base, then to Clark by the same plane. Had to take the helicopter 303 piloted by Col. Lapeña and Maj. Reynoso...

I explained to them that the less it is made to appear that they are protecting the First Lady and the less she is mentioned the better. But a quiet, unobtrusive effort must be made to build up her defense by an open defense of the delegates. The Concon...

Monday Imelda and I have been reminiscing in bed—the long tortuous road from Congress to the Presidency; the sacrifices, her tears, pain and hard work that went into our struggle for power. She put purpose into my life—the life of a spoiled bachelor congressman who...

Friday National Security Council meeting at 8:00 AM. Woke up to 8:00 AM. Sta. Mesa was flooded. So I was late, arrived at 8:40 AM. And we started at 8:45 AM up to 11:45 AM. Not much questioning on the Moscow agreements and the [Richard] Nixon-[Leonid] Brezhnev...

Thursday Sen. [Salvador] Doy Laurel was ousted by the Senate Committee on Justice (8-5) which decided not to investigate the [Eduardo] Quintero case inasmuch as the Supreme Court has acquired jurisdiction of the bribery case and the issuance of the search warrant. He...

Imelda came back to the palace at 10:30 AM. I pushed her in a wheelchair to the ground floor and on to the big Cadilac [sic] and up the small elevator to our quarters. But again on a wheelchair to Suite I. She is still suffering pains from contractions but otherwise...