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 was also...
1972
June 11, 1972
The assassination plot reported by Feliciano Batario alias Dading resulted in a CIS [Criminal Investigation Service] raid on a warrant at [0300 11?] June 72 (Issued by Judge Paredes) of the house of Jose (Peping) Caluag of Barrio Obrero, Tondo and confiscation of...
June 10, 1972
Am feeling a little heavy and weak. Slight nasal congestion. Must be a cold. Muscle coordination below normal in golf game this morning at 8:30 AM instead of 7:00 AM as agreed. So slept a long nap 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Woke up still feeling woozy. But went to P. Guevara...
June 9, 1972
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 conferences....
June 8, 1972
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 has...
June 7, 1972
I have asked Sen. Pres. [Gil] Puyat to help unite the party if he and the others are interested in running for president. And they are now going to call conferences for this. As I predicted Sens. [Arturo] Tolentino, [Ambrosio] Padilla, [Emmanuel] Pelaez, [Lorenzo]...
June 6, 1972
Met the Executive Committee of the National Security Council at 11:00 AM on the agenda for the Friday National Security Council meeting. Worked on the papers in my study. Talked to Sen. Jose Roy on party matters. We now must choose the man to develop for national...
June 5, 1972
1:00 PM June 6, 1972 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...
June 4, 1972
I have just answered a letter of Concon [Constitutional Convention] President [Diosdado] Macapagal wherein he asks whether I or Imelda are running for President in 1972. I wrote him through Kits [Francisco] Tatad that neither Imelda or I intend to run—I because I am...
June 3, 1972
We brought Imelda to the hospital at 7:00 AM. She went direct to the operating room. Drs. Quintin Gomez and Dr. Paciencia Escalin Dicini anaesthetized her by 7:40 AM when Dras. [Gloria] Aragon and Isidro started the D and C (Dilatation and Curettage) the removal of...