Wednesday Trip to [Dakal nga Darum?] and the [Nuri?] Development project for depressed communities starting with Suba, Paoay, Ilocos Norte.

Thursday Cool bracing morning. Calm lake. Skiing. Pleasant flight back to Manila. Tribute to women more specifically Imelda, “the only woman I have known,” upon arrival at the PICC Kababaihan Kabalikat sa Kaunlaran (11:20 AM). About 1:15 PM at luncheon-conference with...

If we leave the bases negotiations to the military or the Dept. of Foreign Affairs which have neither imagination nor ingenuity, we will not get anywhere. The negotiations will bog down on details. So we must inject new elements. We showed interest American...

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...