Saturday At 9:07 tonight Ronnie [Geronimo] Velasco of PNOC [Philippine National Oil Company] reported to me at the pelota court by telephone that the Amoco consultants as well as the Salen exports believe they have hit oil at Sampaguita I. They will do an electric log...
1976
July 13, 1976
Tuesday The Philippines has been attracting the US weeklies lately. I attach two articles of the Newsweek of July 12, 1976. The Time story on the Israeli rescue of the 103 hostages at Entebbe airport in Uganda is ______.
July 15, 1976
Thursday Ex. Mayor Antonio Villegas is reported as seeking political asylum in the U.S. attach cabled report. Arnold Zeitlin is up to his old tricks of deliberately libeling the Philippines. He is a yellow journalist who can only attract attention with distorted...
July 11, 1976
Sunday The most important aspect of the General Agreement of Cooperation with Gabon, signed by President El Hadj Omar Bongo is the secret protocol that was not published which commits Gabon to furnish the Philippine 250 tons of uranium ore (yellow cake) every year....
July 12, 1976
Monday In accordance with our policy I announced yesterday on meeting with the Vietnamese delegation headed by Phan Hien, Sec. Carlos P. Romulo has signed a joint communique for the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries. I attached the joint...
July 7, 1976
Wednesday Inaugurated with Imelda, The Philippine Integrated Meat Co. in Ugong, Pasig. In the pelota court later on Manda [Manuel] Elizalde [Jr.] gave me a copy of the statement of Amado Mabandos, brother of Helen. The statement is certainly an eye-opener. I attach it...
July 5, 1976
Monday On board the Pangulo— Either the story of these kids of Panamin [Presidential Assistant on National Minorities], is a big hoax or the bishops and priests have gone completely mad. The participation of Bishop [Franciscio] Claver in sex attacks on the girls, the...
July 6, 1976
Tuesday We must systematize the reforestation program. Released P17 million but with the injunction to spread it out to the regions and provinces. Met the PCA (Phil. Coconut Authority).
July 3, 1976
Saturday Was met by Manda [Manuel] Elizalde [Jr.] at Nichols Air Base upon arrival from Tacloban with a fantastic report of several witnesses confirming the fact that Bishop [Francisco] Claver is the top ranking NPA [New People’s Army] in Mindanao before when some of...
July 4, 1976
Sunday Israeli commandos attacked the hijacked Air France Air Bus in Uganda and freed the 104 hostages mostly Israelis after killing all the Palestinian hijackers. No details but this is certainly one of the most outstanding military corps for some time. Kudos to the...