Today is the 75th Anniversary of the Philippine Army. I went to Fort Bonifacio to celebrate it with a parade and review of reservists and ROTC [Reserve Officers’ Training Corps] cadets emphasizing the concept of the citizen army. Then met at 12:00 PM, [Andres] Andy...
Marcos Diaries
March 21, 1972
Patched up the differences of Com. [Baltazar] Aquino and Sec. David Consunji. The PJH is still under Com. Aquino. Met some of the lenders, Delegate Pacificador, Fiscal Joe Castillo (to trap that extortionist Crispin Reyes, who is trying extort money from Leo[nides]...
March 20, 1972
Opened the Association of Science of Asia at the NSDB [National Science and Development Board]. This is the formal organization of science started some time in 1970. Then met some delegates—Velasco of Cotabato and Tony Raquiza, Gen. Manager [Ramon] Ravanzo [Jr.] of...
March 19, 1972
Am waiting for the return call from London of Imelda who is supposed to have arrived there at about 7:00 PM Manila time. Kokoy [Benjamin] Romualdez called up at 5:30 PM when l was playing golf. Have been busy the whole day catching up on my paperwork. Have to finish...
March 18, 1972
Spoke on the New Foreign Policy before Lions International 301-A (Palawan, Marinduque, Masbate, Catanduanes to Manila). I thought it excellent. It has started to rain rather hard. We were rained out at golf at 5:00 PM. These is a depression east of Samar and Mindanao...
March 17, 1972
Worked the paper on the foreign policy for the communist countries. It is my intention to deliver this as a speech before the Rotary International 301-A tomorrow noon. Talked to Imelda who called up at 4:30 AM (this morning) as she wanted to clear her speech before...
March 16, 1972
MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA March 16, 1972 June [Ramon] Cruz [Jr.], GSIS [Government Service Insurance System], You should have at least acknowledged the Presidential decision to stop individual housing loans and utilize GSIS resources for massive low-cost housing in the...
March 16, 1972 10:00 PM
Official Gazette for March 16, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS met with representatives of the Mindanao-Sulu-Palawan bloc in the morning during which he called for more efficiency among government engineers to give a strong thrust to the infrastructure development in the...
March 15, 1972
Official Gazette for March 15, 1972: PRESIDENT MARCOS started his day with a breakfast with visiting U.S. publisher William Randolph Hearst, Jr., owner of the Hearst chain of newspapers in the United States, who called to pay his respects to the President. With Hearst...
March 14, 1972
We have just finished the dinner for William Randolph Hearst Jr. who has arrived with Joseph Kingsbury Smith, Bob Considine and Bob Thompson, the first two staying with us and the latter at Hilton. During the dinner Kits [Francisco Tatad] informed me at about 9:00 PM...