Met with the ConCon [Constitutional Convention] delegates who are still doubtful about the form of government. We have opted for a parliamentary form of government as this will allow bright young men with limited resources to become head of government. In the...
Marcos Diaries
May 10, 1972
I have established a rapprochement with the Lopezes. I went to the house of [Eugenio] Iñing Lopez [Sr.] for breakfast. Then he brought me to the Chronicle building to see Vice-Pres. [Fernando] Nanding Lopez. Kokoy [Benjamin] Romualdez laid the groundwork and prepared...
May 9, 1972
Pres. [Richard] Nixon has ordered the blockade on North Vietnam. In the letter he sent me to be delivered before he made his speech, he anticipated: “I have ordered the mining of all entrances to North Vietnam ports to prevent access and also to prevent North...
May 8, 1972
Dr. Gloria Aragon is optimistic now after the new tests showing that Imelda’s hormone and estrogen level are higher than normal. This shows that she is not in a menopause or false pregnancy. Neither has she lost her placenta. And her bleeding has stopped. And so her...
May 7, 1972
2:00 AM May 8th We cannot as yet move Imelda. She is still spotting. Dr. Gloria Aragon says the chances of keeping the baby is less than 50%. But I am fiercely optimistic although still in a state of shock that this could happen to us. Helicoptered at 9:00 AM to...
May 6, 1972
Because of the spotting of Imelda we have all stayed on board giving her time to rest in bed. We arrived from Corregidor and docked at Pier 5 at 2:00 PM but on the advi[c]e of Dr. Gloria Aragon we stayed. Had to cancel all my appointments including golf. Spent the...
May 5, 1972
Am waiting for Joe Campos and Adrian Zecha on the Pacific Communications Ltd. sale of the Lopez shares. But Joe correctly demands that if we are going to spend $400,000 (US) each for equity and we are going to look for another $800,000 (US) loan or debentures, the...
May 4, 1972
Rural Banking 18th convention. Then some appointments (Don Manolo Elizalde—appointed the son Manda back to PANAMIN [Presidential Assistant on National Minorities]) Gen. Bienvenido Castro; Delegate Luis Catubig and father on a forestry concession increase of allowable...
May 3, 1972
The Phil. Embassy in Saigon has reported the war situation has become critical. Evacuation plans have been prepared. I have called a Security Council meeting for Monday. I intend to invite members of the Senate and House Foreign Relations Committee. I spent the whole...
May 2, 1972
Quang Tri (in Vietnam) has fallen to the North Vietnamese. And Saigon is heavily invested. While Tom Donohue of the U.S. Embassy says that the North Vietnamese have not performed as well now as they did in the Tet offensive of 1968, it seems to me that since the...