1972

March 5, 1972

Have been busy the whole day. Early visitors and early golf. More visitors. Mass at 11:00 AM. Labor meeting at 12:00 AM [sic] at the Winter Garden with the Pinagbuklod Ng Mga Mangagawa [sic] Pilipino. Theme I followed was unity of labor. Then set the Vanguard (UP...

March 4, 1972

Imelda is in Rome and will leave for London at about 9:30 PM our time. She called me up at 4:30 PM from Rome and said she was feeling cold so Inday [Paciencia Disini] and she are both shopping for heavy coats. Am missing her and the children very badly even if I have...

March 3, 1972

Imelda has just left by PAL [Philippine Airlines] (7:30 PM) for London, on Monday to Madrid, then back to London and on to Moscow, back to London, although we have asked the possibility of her visiting Romania, Yugoslavia and Austria too. Feeling lonely and wishing I...

March 2, 1972

12:45 AM March 3, 1927 We finalized the preparations of Imelda for her trip to London, Madrid and Moscow. She travels alone with Inday (Dra. [Paciencia] Disini her cousin). Gave a two month reprieve for the three convicted kidnappers and rapists in the Maggie de la...

March 1, 1972

12:45 AM March 2, 1972 Imelda is going to Moscow, Spain and London. London to visit the children. We have some problems with Imee who insists on an acting career apparently. Her mother has a dim view of her insistence to accept the offer of the lead role in “The Diary...

February 29, 1972

Met the political leaders of Cavite, Gov. Lino Bocalan and Cong. Justiniano Montano on the spate of killings in that province. Put the entire province under P.C. [Philippine Constabulary] control. Both of them agreed. Issued orders of shoot to kill to all those who...

February 28, 1972

There is a spate of speculations on the U.S.-China communique after the Nixon visit. “'The U.S. has sold Nationalist China down the river,” is a typical comment. This is because of the U.S. commitment to decrease US troops in Taiwan military installations as the...

February 27, 1972

1:00 AM February 28, 1972 We have just talked to the children by long distance. They seem to be standing up to the winter very well, coal strike, power strike and all notwithstanding. Bongbong has taken the career exams and he says that he has been told he did well...

February 26, 1972

Prepared the materials for the dialogue with the 100 top businessmen after luncheon under the sponsorship of PACE magazine. Lasted up to 3:00 PM. Mostly financing, taxes, peace and order. I attach the materials in Envelope XVI-B. Bobby [Roberto] Benedicto came back...

February 25, 1972

Flew to Caliraya Lakes (Sierra Lakes) to look at [Manuel] Neling Nieto’s [Jr.] land development at 7:35 AM by helicopter. Imelda had invited her friends and their husbands: Ising [Maria Luisa] Madrigal Vazquez, Zita Fernandez Feliciano, Offie [Ofelia] Recto, Agnes...