We have to prepare to take the slack in construction (now occupying 20,000-30,000 laborers) of hotels by early 1977 because by then the jobs in hotel construction will be over. So the following have to be done. The new government center or centers, 200 hectares in the...
Marcos Diaries
July 18, 1976
The Military Bases negotiating panel with Secs. [Carlos] Romulo and [Juan Ponce] Enrile and Sol. Gen. [Estelito] Mendoza, USec. [Amado] Inciong, BIR [Bureau of Internal Revenue] Com. [Efren] Plana and their staff reported to me at 1:00-1:30 that the Americans are...
July 17, 1976
At 9:07 tonight Ronnie [Geronimo] Velasco of PNOC [Philippine National Oil Company] reported to me at the pelota court by telephone that the Amoco consultants as well as the Salen exports believe they have hit oil at Sampaguita I. They will do an electric log and then...
July 16, 1976
The American panel has adopted an apparently uncompromising and immovable stand that the military facilities given for their use be “associated” with the Philippine bases. This is supposed to be the instructions from Washington. I have told the Philippine panel this...
July 15, 1976
Ex. Mayor Antonio Villegas is reported as seeking political asylum in the U.S. attach cabled report. Arnold Zeitlin is up to his old tricks of deliberately libeling the Philippines. He is a yellow journalist who can only attract attention with distorted exaggerated...
July 13, 1976
The Philippines has been attracting the US weeklies lately. I attach two articles of the Newsweek of July 12, 1976. The Time story on the Israeli rescue of the 103 hostages at Entebbe airport in Uganda is ______. No Official Gazette entry for this day. It is unknown...
July 12, 1976
In accordance with our policy I announced yesterday on meeting with the Vietnamese delegation headed by Phan Hien, Sec. Carlos P. Romulo has signed a joint communique for the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries. I attached the joint...
July 11, 1976
The most important aspect of the General Agreement of Cooperation with Gabon, signed by President El Hadj Omar Bongo is the secret protocol that was not published which commits Gabon to furnish the Philippine 250 tons of uranium ore (yellow cake) every year. This...
July 7, 1976
Inaugurated with Imelda, The Philippine Integrated Meat Co. in Ugong, Pasig. In the pelota court later on Manda [Manuel] Elizalde [Jr.] gave me a copy of the statement of Amado Mabandos, brother of Helen. The statement is certainly an eye-opener. I attach it with the...
July 6, 1976
We must systematize the reforestation program. Released P17 million but with the injunction to spread it out to the regions and provinces. Met the PCA (Phil. Coconut Authority). No Official Gazette entry for this day.