11:05 PM—I write this as we watch a war movie in our receiving room. Mrs. Estefania Aldaba Lim fainted when taking her oath before me as Secretary of Social Welfare at the Reception Hall at 11:00 AM. She had to be revived before she could finally take her oath. Mr....
Marcos Diaries
May 15, 1971
Rice ______ and donations—This morning we signed the ______ of $ 1 million dollars worth of rice from Japan. Ambassador [Toshio] Urabe was present. This plus the 50,000 tons from Nationalist China and 50,000 tons from Thailand. Since then payable over 10 and 12 years...
May 14, 1971
We had just given a dinner and the Award of the Golden Heart at the Maharlika Hall to Gen. Charles Lindbergh for his passionate dedication to the conservation of wildlife and in the Philippines. “If the airplane meant the death of the swallow, he would have preferred...
May 13, 1971
This has been a busy day. I woke up at 3:20 AM, tried to sleep but finally stood up at 4:45 AM after waking up Imelda. Woke everybody up so we could go fishing. We were not going to leave Fuga without catching a fish. So I caught my first game fish at 6:10 AM...
May 12, 1971
10:15 PM Still at Barit Lost a big one meter and a half sailfish or swordfish at about 5:00 PM at the channel between Mabag and Fuga near the line of rocks as we were going northeast trolling at the current. Before that I lost another. And in the morning the fish just...
May 11, 1971
I write this at the beach house of Alfonso Lim at Barit, the second biggest island (about 600 hectares) of the three islands of Fuga (about 10,000 hectares) and Maaba (about 250 hectares). They are about fifty miles north north west of Aparri, Cagayan. Their dry...
May 10, 1971
We had to postpone our trip to the Cagayan Valley because of the bad weather, to tomorrow. I spent the day attending to the appointments to the rank of Colonel and General in the Armed forces. And I have to appoint the new judges of CFI [Court of First Instance]. The...
May 9, 1971
The Vice President and the mayors of Davao del Sur—When the VP, in the gathering of the political leaders, started criticizing my administration for alleged inefficiency in the government, a lady mayor, ______ stood up and said that her experience when the VP was...
May 8, 1971
I write this after my golf game with China Finance Minister K.T. Li, Ambassador Pichi Sun, [Gregorio] Greg Licaros and Bobby [Roberto] Bobby Benedicto and waiting for reports on the demonstration. This morning we signed the agreement of the Philippines and Nationalist...
May 7, 1971
Received letters from the children which I attach. The letter of Irene was the most touching and my eyes smarted from tears I felt welled up from my heart for my lovely 10 year old daughter. Ambassador [Henry] Byroade who has been hospitalized for lumbar pneumonia...