Amb. [William] Sullivan and the State Dept.’s impression that the Aide Memoire left by Sec. Alex [Alejandro] Melchor [Jr.] with Sec. of Defense [James] Schlesinger was an invocation of the Mutual Defense Pact by the Philippines. I told him point blank that this was...

In the future the question will be asked why has President Marcos, who was unashamedly and openly pro-American, fought beside American soldiers in World War II and in the underground, sent Filipino troops to Korea as a member of Congress, supported the Pacific charter...

Since my last entry in my diary last July, the month has been marked by dramatic events that dwelt on the change of course of our history. Today I received a letter from Al Caluang, or Benjamin Caluang, whose full name is AL-HUSSEIN CALUANG Y [JUADRAIN?] who carried...

Jack Anderson, the muckracking columnist has come out with a third column alleging I have doubled the $50,000 offered bribe to Primitivo Mijares to stop him from testifying and to recant his testimony in the U.S. Congress. I have had to dictate a personal cable to...

The wily old man, Eugenio Lopez Sr., who has been the brains of the Lopez empire that led the rightist coup d’etat against the Republic and incidentally against me (if the clan had succeeded in eliminating me, his brother, Vice President Fernando Lopez, would have...

Inspected Laguna de Bay where about 5 million bangus have died in the fish pens (specially in Cardova) from lack of oxygen in the water caused by a number of factors: overstocking of fish in the fish pens, crowded fish pens, leaving no passageway for transport on...

The Paris Match magazine carries another attack glamourizing the Moro National Liberation Front. I attach the magazine. Official Gazette for July 12, 1975: THE PRESIDENT is considering the establishment of a special fund for the preservation of the ecological balance...

Went to Sierra Lakes (Caliraya) yesterday for a day of skiing. Slashed my right thigh with the tow rope grip while turning left. The Dutch and Australian champions demonstrated the jump, tricking and slalom. Amazing skiing on one foot (barefoot) and turning. The...