Imelda left for the United States by PAL [Philippine Airlines] at 6:30 PM and Imee and I are left alone at the palace. This morning I spent with the governors and city mayors who insisted that the voting by the citizens assemblies (barangays) was ratification of the...
1973
January 13, 1973
Ambassador [Henry] Byroade explained that he did not mean to intervene in the internal affairs of the Philippines like the citizens assembly or Barangay. I, in tum, told him that the citizens assembly is the best way to bring about the approval of a new constitution...
January 12, 1973
1:00 AM Jan. 13th Official Gazette for January 12, 1973: MAJORITY OF THE 53 per cent of the citizens assemblies which have completed the referendum on vital issues submitted to them have voiced overwhelming support for the way President Marcos is running the...
January 11, 1973
11:30 PM Agoo (Sta. Rita) at the house of Cong. [Jose] Aspiras as the Marches are in our beach house. I came to Agoo by CB King Air at 4:35 PM arriving at 5:15 PM at San Fernando. The Fokker 259 was just landing from Agoo. Imelda and the children brought the Marches...
January 10, 1973
After the dinner for Sens. [Daniel] Inouye, [Joseph] Montoya (and lady), [Ernest] Hollings (and lady), [Birch] Bayh (and lady) and Mrs. Stevens wife of Rep. [sic] Sen. [Ted] Stevens. I had a conference with Sen. Inouye before dinner. He was concerned about the visit...
January 9, 1973
Written at 10:00 AM Jan. 10, 1973 on board the 777 We seek change not just to prevent revolution but return the dignity of the individual and the nation. The individual so he can be the equal of any man in all things. The nation so it is truly free and not dependent...
January 8, 1973
2:30 AM Jan. 9th Open House from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. The Supreme Court at 4:00 PM today released its unanimous decision as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal upholding my 1969 electoral victory over [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.]—on the merits. It also is an assertion of the...
January 7, 1973
Report on the first 100 days of martial law and the New Society. Had to delay the speech over TV to 7:00 PM from 6:00 PM because the teleprompter was not ready. We had to call for the KBS [Kanlaon Broadcasting System] teleprompter which had to be set up and specially...
January 6, 1973
Worked on my speech tomorrow on the first 100 days. The thrust will be a return to a more rigid enforcement of the martial law decrees, general orders, instructions etc. For there has been a slide backward to the old society. Reform and the political campaign for the...
January 5, 1973
Written at 10:00 PM Jan. 6, 1972 as I was up to 3:00 AM this morning working on pending papers— Although Imelda was still sleepy from the anasthesia [sic] of the operation we left the Veterans Memorial Hospital for Malacañan. Received the credentials of Amb. Pauwi of...