Manila is in need of a better government. Garbage strewn all over the streets, bad sewage and drainage, corruption and hypocrisy, police inefficiency and dishonesty—these among others makes the city stink. We must now see what we can do to file charges against the...
Marcos Diaries
July 25, 1971
We have just come from Pangasinan, taken dinner and heard mass said by Father de Vera of Camp Crame, PC [Philippine Constabulary]. We were still at La Union (Agoo) up to 10:20 AM, having started from Cataluaan, the beach house at Poro Point at about 8:50 and arrived...
July 24, 1971
Visited Ilocos Sur and La Union today. The first on the Green Revolution of Imelda, the second at 6:30 PM on the projects in the barrios. Tree planting and meeting with the people of Sto. Domingo and greeting the people of the other towns from the car. Started late...
July 23, 1971
Actually written at 11:00 PM, July 24, 1971 I write this at the Poro Point Beach House as I stayed up to 3:00 AM talking to Elizabeth on the Ilocos Norte political situation. Mrs. Manuela Ablan is planning to run against her. This would split the Nacionalista Party...
July 22, 1971
Official Gazette for July 22, 1971: Highlighting President Marcos’ schedule was his keynote speech at the opening of the joint conference of the World Anti-Communism League and the Asian Peoples’ Anti-Communist League, and the presentation of the Order of Malta award,...
July 21, 1971
The Finance Committee of the U.S. Senate has farther cut our sugar quota by 76,000 tons. And the chances of any recovery from this [sic] cuts are slim. So now while our present quota is 1,503,000 we are now brought down to 1,300,264. It seems that it does not pay to...
July 20, 1971
I must have shocked the Sugar Club headed by Antonio Roxas Chua when I announced that the fast developing international situation of the new era of flexibility may produce the situation where “there may no longer be on American market for Philippine sugar.” So we must...
July 19, 1971
I reiterated today to two interviewers, Mrs. ______ of Bangkok and Paul Miller, son Rand and John Nance that rather than the U.S. employing ground troops in the Philippines in the event of massive subversion (Vietnam-type) under the Mutual Defense Treaty, the U.S....
July 18, 1971
We have just arrived from the instant party of [Ramon] Monching and [Imelda] Meldy Cojuangco called at the request of Imelda to entertain the Millers, our guests at the palace, since our Manila Bay cruise was cancelled due to the typhoon off Polillio. I no longer...
July 17, 1971
The Korean Prime Minister’s observations about my speeches. Thanat Khoman’s observations about my Aspac [Asian and Pacific Council] Speech. The [Richard] Nixon visit could strengthen the concept of Aspac. And the speech was the prophetic voice of Aspac. Again the...