It rained again today at about 12:30 PM. It also rained yesterday afternoon. But there is a typhoon that has lashed the Visayas. Strange for April! But the weather of the Philippines seems to be changing. Worked the whole morning on the appointment of judges, the...
Marcos Diaries
April 24, 1971
I attach the progress report of Dr. Robert Fox on the Cagayan Valley diggings “Ancient man and Pleistocene Fauna in Cagayan Valley, Northern Luzon, Philippines: A Progress Report.” This is submitted by Acting Director Godofredo L. Alcacid of the National Museum in...
April 23, 1971
Met with USec. [Catalino] Macaraig [Jr.], Sol. Gen. [Felix] Antonio, Sec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile, City Fiscal Gamboa, Rizal Provincial Fiscal Castillo and Asst. Executive Secretary [Ponciano] Mathay on the libel case to be filed against Manila Chronicle, Weekly Nation,...
April 22, 1971
I write this while waiting to bring King Mahendra and Queen Rajtra of Nepal to the MIA [Manila International Airport] for their departure at 11:55 for Australia. We have just finished Official Gazette for April 22, 1971:PRESIDENT MARCOS and the First Lady, Imelda R....
April 21,1971
Ambassador [Narciso] Reyes sent word by cable that the Russian delegation head to the Ecafe [Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East] would want to talk on a special subject, further recommending immediate diplomatic relations with the USSR [Union of Soviet...
April 20, 1971
Opened the Ecafe [Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East] with what must have shocked some of the members in an inaugural speech on the impatience of the peoples of Asia and the deficiencies of Ecafe in meeting this impatience; the failure to tie up social...
April l9, 1971
Imelda and I have decided to file libel cases against the magazines and newspapers that have been libeling us. The straw that broke the camel’s back was a nasty letter to Bongbong calling him a future thief and asking what kind of a crook is your daddy attaching a...
April 18, 1971
I suddenly felt very lonely when I stood at the verandah of the VIP room and watched the PAL [Philippine Air Lines] plane bearing Bongbong to Hongkong where he takes a BEA [British European Airways] plane to London. All at once, the burdens of state that keep me...
April 17, 1971
“Our mission is to dismantle the communist apparatus in our country. If the communists are allowed to continue their activities, there will be a bloody civil war eventually. We must prevent this and save life.” “We must save our Republic.” This was agreed upon in my...
April 16, 1971
Official Gazette for April 16, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS had three farewell calls, including that of General and Madame Abdul Haris Nasution, who ended a six-day unofficial visit here. In the morning, the President received Italian Ambassador Dante Matacotta, who bade...