Col. [Antonio] Uy, CIS [Criminal Investigation Service], I direct you to conduct an investigation of what I consider to be the fraudulent activities of Villavert, Bassalo and Mrs. Abas (mother-in-law of Ex Sen. [Mamintal] Tamano) who keep asking for getting and...

Friday Imelda left for Libya with an overnight stop-over at Rome. Her plane took off at 10:00 PM. It is a DC-8 PAL [Philippine Airlines] that carried about 60 members of her entourage including an economic mission headed by Sec. Vicente Paterno. She goes to the lion’s...

PNB [Philippine National Bank] Pres. [Panfilo] Domingo, In view of the present problem on animal feeds and feed grains I direct that the old sugar mill area of several thousand hectares (8,000 ha., I believe) in San Jose, Mindoro be converted into a feed grain area....

Monday Five days to the referendum-plebiscite and the knaves of the old society are back to blackmailing. Ex-Sen. Arturo Tolentino whom I appointed co-chairman in the Law of the Sea Convention with ambassadorial rank asked me in a letter to appoint him Presidential...

Tuesday The Supreme Court released the decision as well as the concurring and dissenting opinions this afternoon. As was expected Justices [Claudio] Teehankee [Jr.] and Cecilia Muñoz-Palma dissented while Justice Enrique Fernando concurred in the result but dissented...

Tuesday I have convened the Bataang Bayan. I attach my two speeches and the papers I used. But in all the discussions I have had with the advisers including the Justice of the Supreme Court last Wednesday night, Sept. 14, 1976, then on Friday morning for breakfast...

Wednesday The Service Convention on “The Survival of Humankind: The Philippine Experiment” is turning out very well. The participants are leaders and authorities in their respective lives. I attach the Directory of Foreign Participants. I listened to Dr. Michael...

Tuesday Spent the day on the Ang Pangulo giving the Presidents of Convention Associations a cruise to Tagala. Have been devoting most of my time to my two books. Imee and I proofread the gallery proofs of the Tadhana. She finds it interesting. Likes the writing....

Thursday I intend to come out with the two books on my birthday: Four Years of the Rebellion of the Poor Tadhana: A history of the Filipino people. So I am working overtime on them. But they are a challenge. And the subject fascinates me.

Monday National Heroes Day. This is one of the days I have devoted to reading on Philippine history. And I am struck at the stupidity of [Andres] Bonifacio’s attack on Pinaglabanan. I attach an article in the Panorama on it. Bonifacio was no warrior.