Official Gazette for March 6, 1971: PRESIDENT MARCOS spent almost the whole day working on state papers, receiving only very few callers in the afternoon. At about 6:40 in the afternoon, the President received the Sultan of Pahang and his wife, Che Pusa Marie, who...
Marcos Diaries
March 5, 1971
I have had to cancel my golf games at the Manila Golf Club in Forbes Park because of the report of Danding [Eduardo] Cojuangco [Jr.] from Commander Melody [Benjamin Bie Jr.] that 15 men of a liquidation squad are in Manila some of them living in the Bel Air area. Of...
March 4, 1971
Imelda and I are so happy with the children. Irene is on the piano, Imee and Imelda are reading Bongbong’s last letter through diplomatic pouch (he complains that the English are not skillful in settling the Post Office strike) in which letter he lyrically speaks of...
March 3, 1971
Imelda’s friends are with us in the living room of Suite I commiserating with her for a pulled muscle in her back which she got when she lost her balance beside the bed. She could not sleep until 2:30 AM and I kept her company. Received the credentials of the...
March 2, 1971
We came in on the 777 at about 1:30 PM. As we were eating lunch we stopped the boat while the Ford party dressed up. We said good-bye at the pier at about 2:00 PM. The dinner at Maharlika last night was a smashing success with the two young girls dancing—Imee the Asik...
March 1, 1971
7:30 PM As I wait for the dinner we give for Henry Ford II Henry Brimo of Phil. Overseas Drilling and Oil Co. came to report that they have had an oil flow at Apayao (or more properly Kalinga) in their strat hole at 654 feet. Their drilling rig is in Poro Pt. and...
February 28, 1971
Henry Ford II and his wife Cristina with six others including a Mrs. Rothschild arrived and paid a courtesy call on me and Imelda this afternoon at about 6:00 PM. We give them dinner tomorrow night after Amb. [Henry] Byroade’s then go for a cruise on the 777 for...
February 27, 1971
As we expected the Muslim leaders of Cotabato denied the existence of an army of the Moslem Independence Movement. Congressman Salipada Pendatun came back all the way from New York. Mayor Udtog Matalam of Pikit came to say that his father could not come. So did Blah...
February 26, 1971
Monseñor [Gerard] Mongeau of Cotabato, Com. [Raoul] Beloso of the Small Farmers Commission and Com. Mama Sinsuat all confirm the fact that the violence in North Cotabato is open rebellion by the armed elements of the Moslem Independence Movement and not just a...
February 25, 1971
There are conflicting reports about the demonstrations tomorrow. I attach a note from one of our agents to Maj.[Dioscoro E.] Yoro, my aide de camp, and the SND’s [Secretary of National Defense] daily report predicting a peaceful demonstration. And so is the situation...