Contingency Plans— National Level City of Manila Level USAFIP, NL [United States Army Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon]—the first greeters in this year’s birthday. They came to see me at 1:00 PM after all the visitors and gave me five books, three of...
Marcos Diaries
September 6, 1972
Imee’s grades in O’Level in England is almost perfect. English Language—1; English Literature—1; Spanish—1; History (Foreign)—1; Economics—1; Geography—3; Biology—3; Art—2. I attach the report. Official Gazette for September 6, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS conveyed the...
September 5, 1972
NBC interview on Tasaday settlement and the new baby. Closed the Malacañan Hospital for the calamity formally. Most doctors are from the V. Luna. Others are supposed to go to Vietnam. But I just stopped the sending of a Philcon [Philippine Contingent] to Vietnam....
September 4, 1972
The crewmembers of the Red Chinese ship “Anting” arrogantly refused to come and meet with me after I had met with the Ambassador Lim Cheh and his delegation of Nationalist China to receive 3½ tons of vegetable seeds. This is indicative of the Red Chinese kind of...
September 3, 1972
Imee left by PAL [Philippine Airlines] for San Francisco and Monterrey’s Sta. Catalina School run by the Benedictine nuns. She will be coming back for the Christmas holidays. She was in such a hurry that we did not give her any cash nor get her telephone number. But...
September 2, 1972
Have a TV-Radio interview at 4:00 PM on 1. The Relief and Rehabilitation work 2. The Progressive Car Manufacturing Program 3. Sen. Daniel Inouye (I mistakenly referred to him as from Japan but I later corrected myself 4. The exchange of military information with...
September 1, 1972
Awarded the Order of Sikatuna, Rank of Datu to the Indonesian Minister of State for Defense and Security and Asst. Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Indonesia—Gen. Maraden Panggabean. He looks like a capable soldier and has been with Pres. Soeharto and helped...
August 31, 1972
The doctors advise rest and no work for some time. Even Dr. Tamesis, my optometrist, also recommends no reading for long stretches of time. Am calling the Congress to a fourth Special Session beginning midnight tonight, in as much they have not approved any of the...
August 30, 1972
Prepared the specific areas for clarification to be sought from the Supreme Court by the Solicitor Gen. like just compensation and no confiscation. Imelda could not go to Leyte with the children as there is a low pressure area off Samar and it has been raining in...
August 29, 1972
Started golf at 6:00 AM for the first time in years. Feels fresh and cool in the early morning. And no rain. This afternoon we finalized: The target personalities and teams assigned. Critique of the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus...