We have hit oil on Christmas Day. This was the news we were tensely waiting for the result of the drilling by City Services at West Nido. Now it is “most positive.” Oil shows in the mud started at 6,867 feet although gas shows were not even before 6,470 ft. I pray it...

I have decided to order Sec. J. [Juan] Ponce Enrile to bring about a reopening of the trial of Ex. Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. to give all the accused a chance to submit whatever arguments and evidence they may desire. I attach copy of my letter-instruction and the...

I prepared a statement on the [Diosdado] Macapagal charges. I attach copy. And the New York Times biased editorial and reporting. I met Gen. Delfin Argao who was the Constabulary (Japanese sponsored) commander in Bulacan when Gen. Alfredo Santos and Col. Fidel Cruz...

The William Buckley column on my war activities has revived some of the trauma I left in the war. And so I ended my personal war without any sense of victory but weighed down by the tears that could not flow. My hope was that I could hear the scars of my spirit, more...

I have decided to add interest to the referendum campaign by picking Ex-Pres. [Diosdado] Macapagal as the best strawman and issuing an answer to his charges before the Manila Lions Club under Cesar Lucero on the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] having been...

I have just received this morning the credentials of the first Vietnamese ambassador. We hope to have the Vietnamese foreign minister as a state guest soon. We are moving along in the implementation of the policy of friendship with the Vietnamese. Working on the bases...

Typhoon Unding hit us in Manila at about 4:00 AM but slowed down from 205 kms per hour to 130 kms an hour when it hit the Sierra Madre. And then it veered a little so its eye missed Manila move north and hit Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Zamboanga up to Pangasinan. At 5:20...

Interviews— Luncheon meeting with the military bases panel to prepare for the meeting with Amb. [David] Newsom and staff next Wednesday at 10:00 AM. We will emphasize the transfer of the administration of the military bases to a Filipino commander and a definite are...

Ambassador [David] Newsom presented his credentials today at 10:00 AM then met me at 12:00 AM [sic] on a preliminary conversation on the bases and other military agreements. We get some of the of the more urgent military equipment. I attach the list. And a proposal on...

Jose Maria Sison was captured at 2:45 AM today at an Underground House in San Fernando, La Union (south of it near the hospital at the new disco neighborhood). The team leader was Col. Ismael Rodrigo of Batac, I. [Ilocos] Norte under the supervision of C-2 Col....