Office of the President of the Philippines Manila Coded To Ambassador [Modesto] Farolan Djakarta Indonesia For the Philippines to accept the proposal to drop the claim to Sabah after illegal attacks on Philippine territory by Malaysian-trained soldiers with Malaysian...
1973
Undated Notes February 1973.
Office of the President of the Philippines Manila The new strong point in the coastline is Kulongkulong at Palimbang. They are well entrenched. The only thing they fear are bombs from the planes. Alip, Columbio has 1,000 rebels. The following is a series of undated...
December 16-18, 1973
I also told him of the theme of the new book “The Constitution and Martial Law”—that it is a rationalization of the effort to bring about revolutionary change without bloody revolution. “Can we accept the lack of ingenuity of man that he cannot institutionalize the...
December 12-15, 1973
Imelda arrived Saturday evening at 7:40 PM by PAL [Philippine Airlines] from Bangkok after seeing the Shah and Shah Banon the day before. They have assured her of a nominal flow of our original level of oil supply, are interested in our Filoil offer of joint ownership...
December 3 to 4, 1973
Crude oil deliveries still speculative as the Arab states have not made up their minds. And the normal flow of oil to the Philippines awaits bureaucratic red tape which, in suspect, is partly due to Arab deliberate policy. Official Gazette for December 3, 1973: THE...
November 26-December 2, 1973
Entry missing from handwritten file, but is in the transcribed PCGG file. Source of text cannot be verified. Official Gazette for November 26, 1973: THE PRESIDENT acted to alleviate further the oil shortage by allowing the importation, free from customs duties, of...
November 25, 1973
Arrived by 11:00 PM. Swells only outside of Manila Bay. Comparatively calm inside. Caught plenty of fish off Umbones where we had set the nets at about 2:00 PM while we returned to Janilo Cove to ski as the water was rough at Talaga where we had gone Saturday evening...
November 20-24, 1973
Official Gazette for November 20, 1973: THE PRESIDENT commended over a hundred experts in the study and prevention of mental retardation for their dedication and their participation in the first Asian Conference on Mental Retardation now being held in Manila. The...
November 17-19, 1973
Official Gazette for November 17, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has promulgated Presidential Decree No. 304 which provides that the “realty tax on real property actually, directly, and exclusively used by the owner for educational purposes as prescribed PD 261 shall begin to...
November 11 and 12, 1973
Imelda arrived in New York about 7:00 PM our time Sunday. She called me up at 9:30 PM when I was at the pelota court. Before that I was able to talk by telephone to Henry Ford II after he had made to toast in my favor at the party he gave Imee at Pierre’s. According...