Thursday I attach a favorable column of the New York Times yesterday signed by our former guest, Cyrus Salzburger. Tax Policy review at 9:00 AM with Sec. [Cesar] Virata and Com. [Misael] Vera. 10:00 AM-11:00 AM—Pulong pulong sa Kaunlaran. Extended the deadline for the...
1973
April 9, 1973
Monday Directed withholding of a 15% tax on interest on deposits with banks and investment houses—to encourage deposits as this will bring down the interest tax (which would otherwise be income tax). And the banks would impose it lump sum without revealing the...
April 10, 1973
Tuesday We are witnessing today a reenactment of the American double-cross of [Emilio] Aguinaldo in 1898. The Bacon plan to segregate Mindanao in the economic plan of free trade to allow the continuous flow of raw materials from the Philippines to the U.S., the...
March 14, 1973
Wednesday The Americans are openly pessimistic of our capability to stop the Muslim rebellion in the south. Amb. [Henry] Byroade has frankly said so in our conversations with him. He believes the only way to settle it is to negotiate on a higher level with Malaysia...
March 24, 1973
Saturday Brought the IMF [International Monetary Fund] mission to a cruise to Luuk Bay up to 2:00 PM where we water skied and then visited with Cristina Ponce Enrile in Natipoan Cove, Nasugbu on where they have a beach house. Tried out the cigarette [vote?] to ski....
March 7, 1973
Wednesday The counter attacks have been successful in Cotabato. I attach the self-explanatory reports. The PC [Philippine Constabulary] organization ties it down to garrison duty. It has the most number of men in the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] but the least...
March 1, 1973
Thursday Chairman Leo [Leonides] Virata, drunk, indolent, bad manager but a good think man. Strategy for over-all economic relations. The Command and General Staff College Civilian Supremacy and the Arrogance of Infallibility. Electronics—Sharps of Japan, Araki Saiki...
March 6, 1973
Tuesday Plans for a counter-attack. No withdrawal by surrounded forces. What a resolute policy can do—and a few reinforcements. The morale of both civilian and military in Cotabato has skyrocketed. Lanao is quiet. Sulu has two skirmishes. Alleged use of a mortar by...
January 17, 1973
For a time I was tempted to organize a revolutionary government. It was simpler to do so. Many demanded it. Even those close to me. But the long run results would have been more complicated. And the intrigues, conspiracies and plots would have continued. We would have...
January 13, 1973
Saturday 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...