Worked on the Progressive Car Manufacturing bidding with [Vicente] Ting Paterno. He also asked to be allowed to resign and put up a business after November. I told him that I expect disorder which may end up with the communists trying to grab power by violence or...
Marcos Diaries
April 10, 1972
Caught up with my paper work. But specially on the deficit level for this year. We must increase the expenses and the deficit from P250 million to P290 million. Anyway the money supply of P5.5 billion was reduced in January by P250 million, February by P120 million...
April 9, 1972
Bataan Day! Worked on my speech up to 12:00 PM last night then slept at the boat (777) at about 2:00 AM. Woke up at about 7:00 AM this morning with a tummy ache due to the chicos I ate last night (too many). Motored up Mt. Samat after docking at the Esso pier at 9:10...
April 8, 1972
Played golf with Russ Volckman and his wife Helen, and Helen Cu- Unjieng at 9:00 AM to 11:45 AM at the Manila Golf Club. Then Imelda picked me up for the meeting of the International Veterans and the World War II veterans where I was guest speaker at 12:00 AM. In this...
April 7, 1972
Russ Volckman, Bob Blackburn and their wives arrived today for Bataan’s 30th anniversary. Played golf with Russ and his wife, Helen at [Bahay] Pangarap at 5:00 PM. [Benigno] Benny Toda [Jr.] asks for help. But Caltex has already taken over the 74% of the PAL...
April 6, 1972
The Indonesian Communist Party apparently financed the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines) led by Jose Maria Sison, as far back as 1962. J.V. Cruz received $45,000 to support the communist party line in column. These are revealed in the documents that came from...
April 5, 1972
Breakfast for Mr. Kearns, President of the Export-Import Bank. MIA [Manila International airport] Copper-smelting The Phil. Legion of Honor for Rear Admiral George Muse, CINCPAC [Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet] representative and Commander of the US Naval Forces in...
April 4, 1972
Am back to the routine in the palace. Started at 10:30 AM. Since the local government will retain about P650 M of the national Income from taxes beginning April. So I asked Com. [Misael] Vera and [Conrado] Diaz to see to it that the second installment of the income...
April 3, 1972
We are back in Manila. Left Baguio at 10:25 AM by plane, landed in San Fernando at about 10:40 AM, was water-skiing in deep swells and high waves (had one bad fall hurting my left floating ribs) at 11:20 AM, tried out a double with Bongbong on the new 50 H.P....
April 2, 1972
I ordered “Shoot To Kill” for wanted criminals and created a regional Task Force immediately under the Zone Commander, Gen. Tomas Diaz—to meet the problem of Ilocos Sur where the killings continue unabated. The latest killing was that of Ex. Mayor Porte of Bantay, in...