It is unknown where this text comes from because this entry is missing. Official Gazette for April 28, 1975: THE PRESIDENT sought to redefine and draw a new Filipino elite from the country’s “rich mosaic of groups” who are united in their ability to perceive national...
1975
March 9, 1975
I have just seen the Trial of the Tiger of Malaya (Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita) who surrendered to my unit the 14th Infantry Regiment, USA at Kiangan, Mt. Province in August 1945—as shown in Channel 7. It is a dramatization that overplays the injustice allegedly committed...
February 26, 1975
Commander Dante [Bernabe Buscayno] has offered to surrender. He has met Tony [Antonio] Raquiza in a motel in Manila with two other commanders. The offer affects the entire NPA [New People’s Army] throughout the Philippines except Jose Maria Sison whom Dante says is a...
February 11, 1975
Office of the President of the Philippines Manila February 11, 1975 Adrian [Cristobal], Use this as the theme for the Heart Center speech— F. E. Marcos [Signed] This is a letter from FM addressed to his speechwriter Adrian Cristobal. MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA I am...
February 5, 1975
Can we create a new form of government—a new political concept—that guarrantees [sic] effective leadership or authority that can adequately meet a crisis of any kind but at the same time is not or cannot turn tyrannical or oppressive but must be benevolent because it...
February 4, 1974
We are concentrating on the Muslim secessionist problem. So we are settling our problems with the Americans. I have bent backward to accommodate the desire of the American businessmen who want to continue the beneficial use of their lands—private land bought by them...
February 3, 1975
Fatal plane crash of a PAL [Philippine Airlines] AVRO. 31 dead 5 crew members 26 passengers. One survivor an American. I have directed that the Armed Forces of the Philippines now increase its capability for: Ground operations to push out the rebels from towns and...
February
The members of Congress are just as petty, corrupt and self-centered as ever. It would be a pity if we called the Interim Assembly to a session now. It would be a fiasco and an imposition on our people. The members of the House were receiving allowances amounting to...