We have been sleeping in Suite I since two nights ago because the allergist, Dr. Kua Lim discovered molds and bacteria in our bedroom and gymnasium below and they are now being cleaned completely. I have been able to placate the hill tribes, the Palawan Tausogs, the...
1972
October 18, 1972
Yesterday, I was informed, Pres. Park Chung Hee of Korea placed South Korea under martial law since 6:00 PM. Ex-Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi, personal representative of Prime Minister [Kakuei] Tanaka of Japan arrived yesterday and conferred with me on the...
October 17, 1972
I have had to postpone the proclamation of ownership of the land they till by the tenants because of my desire to prevent any dislocation of production if small farmers owning only 6 hectares are dispossessed by their land and merely transferred to what may be a less...
October 16, 1972
1:00 AM Oct. 17th Worked on the establishment of new settlements for the squatters who will be displaced upon the destruction of their houses. And the proclamation transferring ownership of the rice and corn lands to the tenants paying 25% of the average yield for 15...
October 15, 1972
Spent the whole day from noon to midnight in the boat. Had a two hour nap after lunch and finished four books on [Jawaharlal] Nehru, [Gamal Abdel] Nasser, Indo China and some histories. Quite a relief from the routine of the palace. And the moldy decaying air replaced...
October 14, 1972
I have finally decided that in the Land Reform Program we should keep the government out of the transaction for the transfer of ownership of the land to the tenant. It would be a direct transaction between landowner and tenant choosing one of two schemes: Official...
October 13, 1972
All quiet despite rumours of a suicide attempt to hold a demonstration or even attempt to assassinate both Sec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile and me. Awarded the Sikatuna (Datu) to the Ambassadress of Brazil, Zahil [sic] [Zilah] Mafra Peixoto as she is leaving Monday for...
October 12, 1972
Met with about 2,000 Land Reform or Dept. Agrarian Reform Field Technicians. I have directed the DAR to generate 3,000 Field Technicians and the APC [Agricultural Productivity Commission] and BPI [Bureau of Plant Industry] to generate 6,000 Field Technicians so that...
October 11, 1972
The Cotabato (North) leaders, Moslem Tirurays and Christian alike, have pledged to keep the peace and support me in the proclamation of martial law and the reformation. But since fighting has broken out in the Maganoy, Ampatuan, Pikit area. I have called them to...
October 10, 1972
10 minutes interview by BBC’s Derek Wilson (London based in Singapore). 15 minutes TV interview by ABC’s Jim Giggans based in Saigon. He is colored and I like him. Then 15 minutes TV interview by CBS’s Don Webster for the [Walter] Cronkite show. And finally 20 minutes...