Saturday, Aug. 11th Briefing and luncheon for the ten U.S. congressmen in lieu of the cruise to Corregidor and Bataan in the Pangulo. Official Gazette for August 11, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has promulgated Presidential Decree No. 261 prescribing assessment levels for...
1973
August 10, 1973
Conference on problems on Transportation and Communications. PAL [Philippine Airlines]— We decided to foreclose in the two other airlines, AMI and ______. Support PAL but set conditions to prevent PAL from the supposed unexplained profits. So I asked Benny [Benigno]...
August 8-9, 1973
Official Gazette for August 8, 1973: THE PRESIDENT authorized the secretary of finance to issue cereal bonds up to P200 million for purchase by the Government and other imam wig institutions. The order was contained in Presidential Decree No 262. The proceeds from the...
August 7, 1973
Down with a cold. For the first time in months I did not exercise today. Apparently caught it from Imelda. The rice shortage has contaminated other areas of commodity buying. The supermarkets are crowded with buyers stacking up with all types of essentials including...
August 6, 1973
Amb. William Sullivan presented his credentials today. All of us have our misgivings about him. After all he ran the CIA [Central Intelligence Agency] American war in Cambodia. And he is the right hand man of [Henry] Kissinger in Indo China—and Kissinger is no friend...
August 4-5, 1973
1:00 AM Aug. 6th On Saturday afternoon, Com. [Leonardo] Perez and [Flores] Bayot presented the results of the referendum at 3:00 PM and I appeared on TV and radio with a speech and later held a press conference—starting at 4:00 PM lasting up to about 6:00 PM. On...
August 3, 1973
1:00 AM Aug. 4th Official Gazette for August 3, 1973: COMMISSION on Elections announced that the resounding “yes” answered by the voters in their ballots during the July 27-28 referendum gave the President a “persuasive fresh mandate.” Comelec Chairman Leonardo Perez...
August 2, 1973
1:00 AM Aug. 3rd A After the referendum have outlived the strategy for action: Arrest the back-sliding to the old society vices. Bring about unity. Achieve the “internal revolution.” Official Gazette for August 2, 1973: THE PRESIDENT issued a presidential decree...
August 1, 1973
Spent the whole morning with Sec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile on the problems of the military: Official Gazette for August 1, 1973: THE PRESIDENT has empowered military commissions and provost courts with jurisdiction to try military personnel for military offenses in...
July 30-31, 1973
Official Gazette for July 30, 1973: THE PRESIDENT conferred the Philippine Legion of Honor, degree of commander, on General Lai Ming-tang, for meritorious and valuable services rendered to the Republic of the Philippines. General Lai, who was an official guest of the...