Interview with Henry Kamm of the New York Times. He seemed more interested in Ex-Sen. [Benigno] Aquino [Jr.] than in other matters. He wants to interview him and print his interview to balance our statement on torture and maltreatment of prisoners. At first...
1977
February 11, 1977
We decided in the joint meeting of the General Military Council, the Cabinet and civilian leaders to hold a plebiscite on the Mindanao or Southern autonomous region on February 21st and an election of the regional assemblies throughout the Philippines in March 21st...
February 10, 1977
I talked to USec. [Carmelo] Barbero by telephone (through to Tripoli) at 8:00 PM tonight. While Nur Misuari says they will not participate in a plebiscite, Minister Ali Al Treki has agreed that a plebiscite should be called as agreed upon before in December 1976. So I...
February 4, 1977
Instructed Amb. E. [Eduardo] Romualdez by telephone to set the negotiations with the Americans on the bases as soon as possible but after April because of the negotiations with Libya and the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front]—on the same level— Issues— Mutual...
January 17, 1977
In the conference on board the Pangulo, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew informed me that the United States had asked him even before the American elections last January to allow the refueling in Singapore of submarine surveillance planes (Awac) flying towards the Indian...
January 16, 1977
Prime Minister and Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew arrived at 1:05 PM for an unofficial visit. I accelerated the Constitution Day celebration to this morning at Maharlika Hall so I can attend to the Prime Minister. We have played 13 holes of golf at Manila Golf Club this afternoon....
January 15, 1977
The Islamic Conference Presidential representatives under Ambassador Juseri of Morocco, the Asst. Secretary General of the Islamic has just arrived (at 5:30 AM) with the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] under Dr. Tam Manjoorsi. And Imelda gave the ICAM lunch at...
January 14, 1977
We have solved our problems of over-supply of sugar by selling about 3 million tons with some ingenuity on the financing and pricing. An example is the Phillips Brothers contract and the Russian sale and the FarmanBarzano purchase. The modified Algerian formula as...
January 11, 1977
We have sold 500,000 tons of sugar to the Russians at 7.75 cents a pound and .75 cents to be made good by the brokers Barzano and Farman to make it 8.5 cents a pound. Now the spot price is gaining. Bobby [Roberto] Benedicto worked this out. And Bobby is in Tokyo still...
January 10, 1977
______ martial law administration as host for a conference of jurists, the answer may be found in the fact that martial law is primarily aimed at reestablishing public order. And although in the layman’s mind, martial law connotes authority, its ultimate basis must be...