Irene has arrived. Her 6:55 PM arrival was delayed to 9:15 PM. The PAL [Philippine Airlines] plane was delayed two hours in Amsterdam. She is thinner and does not seem to have grown taller although her face is rounder. After mass, they are now eating dinner. Imee...
Marcos Diaries
July 8, 1972
Met the Libyan and Egyptian delegations which went to Mindanao to look into the situation of the Muslims upon my invitation. Minister Aly Trekki [Ali Treki] (Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Libya and Mahmoud Hassan el Aprousy [sic] [Arrousy], Egypt’s...
July 7, 1972
1:40 AM July 8th The parliamentary form of government won out in the Constitutional Convention against the Presidential form of government by a vote of 160 against 118 with three abstentions and about 27 absent. Some of the men identified with us like [Jose] Leido,...
July 6, 1972
1:35 AM July 7th Reports of a foreign submarine emerged in the vicinity of Digollorin River sometime last week and observed unloading supplies and undetermined number of arms and ammo have been coming to me from Task Force Saranay (Formerly Lawin). Additional...
July 5, 1972
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM—Golf and exercises 9:30—Left for Camp Crame for Metrocom [Metropolitan Command] 5th Inaugural. Gen. [Mariano] Ordoñez has retired, Col. Alfredo Montoya, his Ex. O. has taken over command. I Official Gazette for July 5, 1972: THE PRESIDENT issued an...
July 4, 1972
Am alone in the Palace as Imelda has gone to the tea or merienda given by the Congressional Ladies at the Hyatt Regency. After golf at 10:00 AM, Imelda brought us to the “Old Antique” which is under construction. It is the site of the first Phil. Senate, formerly...
July 3, 1972
Nick and Ramon Jimenez have just worked out the statement they recommend [Eduardo] Quintero to make in the opening day of his cross-examination, Friday, July 7th (9:30-11:30 PM). I have my misgivings about even dealing with Quintero’s emissaries. Today I brought Cong....
July 2, 1972
We have just finished the dinner for close friends and members of the family—only about 100. I prepared a program where Mike Velarde invited Ruby Jose Salazar and [Constantino] Bernaldez, the stars of the zarzuela “Walang Sugat” and Luis Tabuena invited Pilita...
July 1, 1972
Birthday gift of the cabinet [to the First Lady] was [were] the four Task Forces to Bulacan, Bicol, Sapang Palay and Carmona of relief goods. Imelda accompanied the trucks to Valenzuela, Bocaue, Bigaa, Guiguinto, Marilao, Malolos, Plaridel, Baliwag and San Rafael...
June 30, 1972
Spent practically the whole day 11:30-12:30 AM [sic] and 3-8 PM on a public hearing on the Progressive Car Manufacturing Program in view of the decision of NEC [National Economic Council] reversing the BOI [Board of Investments] including the Universal Motors among...